ASHCROFT TESTIFIES ON COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS TO SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

From left, Senator Joseph R. Biden (D-DE), Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-IA), and Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) greet Attorney General John Ashcroft before he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the federal government's counterterrorism efforts in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 8, 2004 in Washington, D.C. Ashcroft defended the administration concerning the incidents of torture in Iraq. (UPI Photo/Greg Whitesell)