Romney backs interrogation, Patriot Act
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Friday more intense methods of CIA interrogation are acceptable in dealing with terrorism and he praised the broad powers granted law enforcement under the USA Patriot Act.
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The House approved legislation Wednesday giving the Bush administration authority to interrogate and prosecute terrorism detainees, moving President Bush to the edge of a pre-election victory with a key piece of his anti-terror plan.
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Republicans pushed a bill supported   by President George W. Bush to set rules for interrogating and   trying terrorism suspects through the U.S. House of   Representatives on Wednesday and Senate Republicans were   expected to follow within a day.
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Republican Mike Huckabee on Wednesday defended his handling of requests for clemency when he was Arkansas governor and in turn accused Mitt Romney of denying such requests to protect his political future.
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The CIA interrogation program should now be back in business and terrorist trials can begin right away, according to proponents of new legislation passed by Congress. The legislation is a victory for President Bush, whose detention and interrogation program was deemed illegal by the Supreme Court in June. Bush turned to Congress and was able to push through legislation that would revive his anti-terror efforts.
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Mitt Romney made the announcement at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Aides said he made the decision last night.
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Excerpts of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's speech on Tuesday, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.
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A House Republican has drafted a bill largely mimicking an administration plan to create military commissions to prosecute terror suspects, including a provision letting judges bar defendants from access to some evidence.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Friday he doesn't discriminate in his criticism of Democratic rivals even though it seems he focuses heavily on front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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President Bush is trying to break an election-season deadlock with congressional Republicans over bills that would give the White House broad authority to monitor, interrogate and prosecute terrorism suspects.
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President Bush and Senate   Republicans hammered out a deal on Thursday for interrogating   and trying foreign terrorism suspects, and Bush hailed it for   preserving his program for CIA questioning of detainees.
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's position on a selection of issues:
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President George W. Bush went to the   U.S. Capitol on Thursday to prod fellow Republicans to back his   plans to track and try terrorism suspects, but some pushed   ahead with a competing measure the White House opposes.
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Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who dropped out of the Republican presidential race last week, is to endorse front-runner John McCain, CNN and MSNBC television said Thursday.
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Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney in an interview Monday dismissed concerns he's too nice to be a viable candidate in a vicious race, proving it by taking a swipe at GOP rival Fred Thompson.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Monday he was troubled that private security guards working in Iraq for his top counterterrorism adviser have been accused of killing civilians.
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Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney jumped into the race for the White House seeking to win the Republican Party nomination by touting family values, small government and a hard line against terrorism.