There is a clamor in Congress for the government to take custody of the four US Marines accused of raping a Filipina in Olongapo City in November.

Several lawmakers want the four Marines turned over to Philippine authorities despite concerns by prosecutors that such a move can stretch the legal proceedings beyond to the one-year period prescribed by the Visiting Forces Agreement.

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