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42 House Democrats Back U.S. Terror Academy

42 House Democrats Back U.S. Terror Academy
Democrats and the School of the Americas

By DAN BACHER

Two San Joaquin Valley Representatives, Dennis Cardoza of Merced and Jim Costa of Fresno, were among 42 Democrats that voted to keep the world's foremost torture school, the School of the Americas, open during a House vote on June 21. The vote was 203 yes, 214 no, 1 voting "present" and 19 not voting.