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Friday, June 04, 2004

FRIDAY'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS 
The New York Times: A Pentagon Plan Would Cut Back G.I.'s in Germany, Sierra Leone War Crimes Trial Opens Without Chief, Mistreatment: Abu Ghraib Inquiry Is Said to Focus on Head of Interrogation Center, Representatives Urge Military to Respond to Sexual Assaults.

The Washington Post: Kerry Says He Would Add 40,000 to Army, Methods Used on 2 at Guantanomo ("Intensive interrogation techniques approved by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld were used to elicit information from two prisoners at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Army general said yesterday. Pentagon officials previously said Rumsfeld helped approve a list of intense interrogation techniques for Guantanamo, but Army Gen. James T. Hill said for the first time yesterday that Rumsfeld had granted permission to use those techniques in two cases"), and 2 Marines Guilty of Abusing Prisoner.