Press body urges Obama to back journalists' rights

The Committee to Protect Journalists called on President Barack Obama on Tuesday to halt open-ended detentions of journalists by the U.S. military, saying they encouraged similar action by repressive governments. The group also called for fuller investigations of the deaths of journalists killed by U.S. forces. The group's chairman, Paul Steiger, told a news conference that U.S. support for journalists' right to do their work without being shot at or imprisoned had slipped in recent years under the administration of former President George W. Bush.