President Bush's new executive order on military justice, signed into law November 13, 2001. The order allows the president to order a trial in a military court for any non-citizen he designates, without a right of appeal to the courts or the protection of the Bill of Rights.

By empowering women with the freedom to choose their own future, we can help Afghanistan become a symbol for people elsewhere who have yet to share in the opportunities provided when human rights include women's rights. -- Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Nov. 24, 2001