AP: Pentagon allows photos of war dead
February 27th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Photography, Press freedom and ethics
Under a new US policy, the Pentagon is to allow photos of caskets at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, if familial consent is given. The practice was previously banned by President Bush in 1991.
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