Posted on 10/07/2015 6:51:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
So who's the obstructionist now?
President Obama is promising to veto the defense spending bill unless Congress votes to close the prison camp at Guantanamo in Cuba.
“So this is an indication that Republicans are gonna need to find a way to work with Democrats to put forward a National Defense Authorization Act that will earn not just the support of Congress, but also the support of the commander in chief,” he said.
Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., has said the White House promised him a plan to close the prison, but has yet to present one. Without that, he has said he wouldn’t be able to find the votes to do what the White House wants.
And there are certainly people on Capitol Hill who wonder whether Obama will ultimately veto the bill — or the next version, if a budget deal is reached — over Guantánamo. The defense policy bill has become law for more than 50 years in a row, and Obama has signed it every year despite issuing veto threats over the military prison in Cuba.
Raha Wala, senior counsel at Human Rights First, noted Obama’s threatened vetoes before.
“We’ve heard many times that the president would veto bills over Guantánamo restrictions, and he’s never done it,” Wala said in an email. “What we need now is action. The Defense Authorization would prevent the president from closing Guantánamo before he leaves office. If he wants to close Guantánamo, the president must veto the bill and demand that Congress remove the restrictions on transferring detainees.”
The president is no doubt eager to close Guantanamo in order to please the far left as well as Raul Castro,
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Obama is the devil.
Oh really? He has been threatening this action for years...I would be surprised if he carries through with the action.
Ted Cruz. I heard it on Teeeee Veeeee.
Why shouldn’t President Obama just shut Guantanamo down?
The GOPe Congress is not going to do anything about it...except attack Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
Shutting down the military? Yawn.
Shutting down government? Horrors!
I hate the MSM.
If I were Congress, which I have guts and they don't, would put one bill at a time thru to the Senate....until that one gets thru the Senate and on the President's desk, there would not be another one...each one separate...if he veto's it, then while making each bill separate, I would let the people know: “We are passing bills, one at a time, if they get hung up in the Senate, it's the Senate's fault, if they go thru the Senate and the President veto's them, then it's the President's fault” and that's the only way I would conduct the people’ business until he is gone...
If he uses his executive powers on anything that needs Congressional approval, I would bring action against him and use the T.V. as to get the word out to the people...
I read somewhere that the Pubbies think they can get enough votes to override a veto.......so if that is the case, Obama will not veto.....he would lose face, and that is the most important thing to him.
let him then it is back to congress to act
“Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., has said the White House promised him a plan to close the prison, but has yet to present one. Without that, he has said he wouldn’t be able to find the votes to do what the White House wants.”
So the RINO’s would surrender to Obama if they could.
Close GTMO. Load all the terrorists there on an automated ship. Send the ship on course to the Atlantic, as if going to USA east coast. Ship then has an “accident”. All good.
return of our naval base to Cuba. ==
This is much more than closing the prison, large protected bay.
We have a physical presence, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard.
For rescue, protection of area, etc.
I’m sure McConnell and whichever rino replaces Boehner can make this happen.
When obama closes Guantanomo, who gets Khalid Sheikh Mohammed?
Mastermind of 911 and worse following attacks that were averted because of aggressive interrogation ( aka water board) that saved countless Americans at the cost of one man’s extreme discomfort ( the horror)
The worst of the worst
Off to a luxury villa in Qatar?
Which prison in which state gets KSM?..
And the "TV" will emphasize how this is just part of the VastRightWingConspiracy which has been fighting all the goodthingsfromObama since day one. And the fools will believe it.
This is THE PLAN:
BLAME CONGRESS.
The next POTUS is going to need GITMO. No No No
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