Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) talks to the press after a special closed meeting of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites) also attended by senior figures of the U.S. army on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 4, 2004. Vice Chief of staff of the U.S. Army, General George Casey was among those that appeared at the committee which is investigating the events surrounding the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops after pictures depicting the abuses were published and broadcast around the world last week. REUTERS/Jason Reed