Skelton: Congress must take time and make sure decision on tribunals is right

President Bush has asked Congress to waste no time passing legislation restoring secret military tribunals to try suspected terrorists, but The Hill, a Washington D. C. magazine, says it will likely take a while.
Legislators on both sides of the aisle seem to prefer a deliberate approach. Fourth District Congressman Ike Skelton, the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said:

We can and must get this right. To do so, we must look at tried-and-true existing systems of law like the Uniform Code of Military Justice that may provide a basis for a solution."

Whatever the decision is, Skelton said, it must be done on a bipartisan basis.