Obama administration will not sign land mine ban

By GottaLaff

A BushCo policy lives on:

The Obama administration has decided not to sign an international convention banning land mines.

State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Tuesday that the administration recently completed a review and decided not to change the Bush-era policy.

Patrick Leahy was not happy, nor were human rights groups, and I can't blame them:

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., criticized the State Department's review of the land mine policy as "cursory and halfhearted."

The senator described the decision to stand fast on the current policy as "a lost opportunity [...] We should be leading this effort, not sitting on the sidelines."

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