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Manual for Courts-Martial, United States 

Military Commissions Act of 2006 (GPO)

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

Procedures for Military Executions

CRS

• Army Drawdown and Restructuring: Background and Issues for Congress 
• Closing the Guantanamo Detention Center: Legal Issues                                                      
• Comparison of Rights in Military Commission Trials and Trials in Federal Criminal Court  
• Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions                           
• Detention of U.S. Persons as Enemy Belligerents                                                              
• "Don't Ask, Don't Tell:" A Legal Analysis                                                                    
• Homosexuals and the U.S. Military: Current Issues                                                            
• Judicial Activity Concerning Enemy Combatant Detainees: Major Court Rulings 
• Lawfulness of Interrogation Techniques under the Geneva Conventions  
• Military Justice: Courts-Martial, An Overview                                               
• The Military Commissions Act of 2006: Background and Proposed Amendments                   
• The Military Commissions Act of 2009 (MCA 2009): Overview and Legal Issues 
• Military Justice: Courts-Martial, An Overview                                                         
• Military Parents and Child Custody: State and Federal Issues                                               
• The Nunn-McCurdy Act: Background, Analysis, and Issues for Congress 
• Overview of the Appeal Process for Veterans' Claims                                                  
• The Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters: The Use of the Military to Execute Civilian Law 
• Supreme Court Appellate Jurisdiction Over Military Court Cases
• Terrorism: Some Legal Restrictions on Military Assistance to Domestic Authorities Following a Terrorist Attack 
• Veterans Affairs: The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims—Judicial Review of VA Decision Making 
• Women in Combat: Issues for Congress
• The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and Defense Strategy: Issues for Congress