Bush to sign terror bill in major victory for White House

President George Bush is to sign a law that sets tough standards for interrogation and prosecution of terror suspects, a major White House victory that demonstrates Bush still has the political power to set the rules of war even as Iraq clouds his US presidency.

Bush to sign terror bill in major victory for White House

President George Bush is to sign a law that sets tough standards for interrogation and prosecution of terror suspects, a major White House victory that demonstrates Bush still has the political power to set the rules of war even as Iraq clouds his US presidency.

Bush's plan becomes law just six weeks after he acknowledged the CIA had been secretly interrogating suspected terrorists overseas and pressed Congress to quickly give authority to try them in military commissions.

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