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WASHINGTON D.C. -- Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-Venice), Ranking Member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today released the following statement in response to the Pentagon's decision to close Abu Ghraib prison and transfer prisoners held there to other facilities in Iraq:
Abu Ghraib has been a moral stain on our efforts in Iraq, and on the United States' image around the world, and I am glad to see it close. But this does not erase the damage done.
"The President must now enforce the McCain Amendment, which prohibits torture, cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.
"The world should never again see the type of abuse that took place at Abu Ghraib."
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