{"id":71339,"date":"2013-01-27T19:29:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T19:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=71339"},"modified":"2013-01-29T23:52:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T23:52:00","slug":"who-decides-the-laws-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/who-decides-the-laws-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Decides The Laws Of War?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Until\u00a0recently, no uniformed lawyer was viewed by the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=obama&amp;x=8&amp;y=7\">Obama administration<\/a><\/span> with greater favor than\u00a0Brig. Gen. Mark S. 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