Gibbs States White House Reticence On Truth Commission Appearing on Meet The Press, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs stated the White House’s reluctance for a truth commission on the torture issue, deferring instead to the ongoing work of the Senate Intelligence Committee: “Well, I think the president had great fears that the debate that you’ve seen happen in this town on each side of this issue, at the extremes, has — that’s taken place would be what would envelop any commission that looked backward. That’s why his focus, David, the whole time is how we look forward in this country.”
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