WASHINGTON -- The face of Republican opposition to President Barack Obama's policy for handling suspected terrorists is a 43-year-old former prosecutor who has been in the Senate a mere 11 months.
New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte is at the forefront of the escalating fight over whether to treat captured suspects as prisoners of war or criminals. The administration says it is determined to build on its success in killing al-Qaida's Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki and frustrated by lawmakers' meddling. Republicans counter that Congress is filling a void created by Obama's failure to establish a consistent system on how to treat suspects.
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