Topic: Waterboarding

Responding to GOP Debate, Obama Reaffirms Waterboarding Is Torture

Reuters

After watching a college-basketball game that took place aboard a 113,500-ton aircraft carrier, President Obama did something even more absurd by the end of the weekend: he reiterated, yet again, that yes, he believes waterboarding is torture, just like he did when he banend the practice in 2009.

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Cartoon

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