1.0 link 161314 <![CDATA[Standing Behind a Ban on Torture]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brigadier-general-james-p-cullen/standing-behind-a-ban-on_b_161314.html Standing just behind President Obama in the Oval Office, I watched last week as the new President signed his name to three Executive Orders that will put our country in a stronger position to fight Al Qaeda.

I was one of 16 retired Generals and Admirals the White House invited to a signing ceremony of orders that ban torture, close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, and end the CIA's use of secret prisons.

Just before the signing ceremony, sitting in the Roosevelt...

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