The President’s call comes one day after he urged Congress to approve the White House’s proposed revisions to military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay. On Thursday, several key Republicans and military lawyers said the President’s new proposals would not withstand legal scrutiny. Brigadier General James Walker, the Marines’ top uniformed lawyer, criticized the administration’s attempts to retain provisions that would deny defendants the right to see evidence used against them. According to the New York Times, Walker said no civilized country should deny a defendant that right and that the US “should not be the first.”