Air Force Col. Will A. Gunn, recently named by the Office of the General Counsel of the Department of Defense as the acting chief defense counsel for military commissions, holds a press conference at the Pentagon on May 22, 2003, to discuss his role in the military commissions process. In November 2001, President George W. Bush decided that enemy combatants taken into custody by the armed forces of the United States and charged as terrorists may be tried by military commissions. The President has not designated that anyone stand trial by military commission, but it is deemed prudent to establish the framework for such a body should the need arise. Col. Gunn commented that he thought it was particularly important that he and his staff be prepared to mount a vigorous defense of their clients, as the trials were sure to come under close scrutiny.