Bush says will abide by decision on Guantanamo

Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:05pm EDT
 
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ROME (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Thursday he would abide by a Supreme Court decision that said Guantanamo Bay prisoners have the right to go before U.S. federal judges to challenge their years-long detention.

"We'll abide by the court's decision. That doesn't mean I have to agree with it," Bush said during a news conference in Rome where he is on a weeklong trip through Europe.

"We'll study this opinion and we'll do so ... to determine whether or not additional legislation might be appropriate," he said.

(Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky in Rome)

 

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