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On January 22, 2009, President Obama issued an executive order that, among other things, requires all government agencies to provide the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with access to detainees.  This was a huge step toward protecting detainees from abuse, because detainees are much less likely to be abused when there is an independent agency monitoring their treatment.  Because this step was taken by executive order, however, it is not permanent.  A future President can revoke it by issuing a new executive order. 

Please contact your Members of Congress and ask them to support legislation to make permanent the policy of allowing the ICRC access to all detainees.

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