THOMAS  (CONT)

McClellan added the president has made it clear that, "We are a nation of laws and a nation of values, and we adhere to our laws and values."

He also said Bush feels that "people need to be held accountable and brought to justice if they're involved in wrongdoing" and that corrective measures are in place to prevent it from happening again.

American taxpayers have spent millions to improve the U.S. image in the Middle East and to win the hearts and minds of the Arab world, which opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

But it will all be for naught unless the president makes an unequivocal statement that all prisoners and detainees we hold anywhere will be treated humanely in accordance with the Geneva Conventions and the standards of the Red Cross.

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