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How should the U.S. handle torture allegations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Cuba? The Army may use video games. The America's Army game, which is currently used "to train and recruit soldiers... could also be modified to include lessons on prisoner treatment." Reuters reports: "The PC-based game... is frequently updated with new missions." PR pros have advice for the Bush administration: "They need to... make the argument that in a country like America, we acknowledge these issues and seek to resolve them," said the chair of Weber Shandwick, the world's largest PR firm. Burson-Marsteller's crisis management director suggested: "The administration already missed the opportunity to tell its own news. So I would be looking for a step to take that would be aggressive, high-profile and perhaps even unexpected."