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Robinson report - Download (MP3) Robinson report - Listen (MP3) U.S. lawmakers Thursday questioned the chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney and a former Justice Department official about the Bush administration's approval of harsh interrogation techniques used on suspected terrorists. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, it was the first appearance by Cheney aide David Addington before a congressional committee. Critics of the Bush administration and numerous media reports have described Addington as the driving force behind legal justifications the Justice Department issued allowing tough interrogation techniques. In nearly four hours of often combative exchanges, lawmakers pressed him and former Justice Department official John Yoo, for specifics. Asked about a White House meeting reports described as a... [read full story]
