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Congress Committed to Stopping Obama From Handing Gitmo U.S. Naval Station to Cuba
Townhall.com ^ | March 5, 2016 | Cortney O'Brien

Posted on 03/05/2016 11:59:19 AM PST by Kaslin

resident Obama is not only expected to close Guantanamo Bay, but rumor has it he is prepared to give our U.S. Naval Station in the region to Cuba.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce has prepared legislation to halt this potential dangerous transition. The United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Preservation Act would require the president to seek approval from Congress before making anymore dangerous decisions.

“In just a few weeks, President Obama will meet with the communist government in Cuba.  The White House says our Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay is ‘sure’ to be a part of discussions.  While giving the base to the Castro regime may not be a part of ‘this trip,’ as the White House insists, its long record of one-sided concessions and lack of transparency over Cuba policy makes me very concerned about the status of this key Naval Station.  Because if we move out, who will move in? Are we willing to cede a vital national security tool to Russia?”

This urgency comes from the fact that we would be handing the naval station to the Castros.

In the bill’s text, Royce explains the naval station, the only military base in Latin America and the Caribbean, is an important presence because it protects our maritime interests in the region. It also served as a significant source of relief for victims affected by the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti.

We can’t afford to give such an important base to a communist regime.

Royce is clear: If President Obama is determined to give Cuba this important national security location, he’ll have to go through Congress first.


TOPICS: Cuba; Front Page News; Government; US: Florida; US: Kentucky; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cuba; edroyce; election2016; florida; guantanamo; guantanamobay; kentucky; kimdavis; marcorubio; mitchmcconnell; obama; paultardation; paultardnoisemachine; randpaul; randpaulnoisemachine; randsconcerntrolls; tedcruz; texas
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1 posted on 03/05/2016 11:59:19 AM PST by Kaslin
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Congress Committed to Stopping Obama From Handing Gitmo U.S. Naval Station to Cuba

Which means it is a done deal just like TPP and the Iran deal. The speaker will come up with some plan like TPA and have cruz push it through Congress. Then once it's passed, cruz will say ryan lied to him and he does not support it after the fact.
2 posted on 03/05/2016 12:04:09 PM PST by JoSixChip (Ted Cruz (R-Goldman Sachs) - He's creepy and he's kooky, mysterious and spooky)
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‘twas predicted when the WH announced the trip to Cuba.


3 posted on 03/05/2016 12:08:42 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Kaslin

All talk from the Republicans these days.


4 posted on 03/05/2016 12:13:28 PM PST by CMB_polarization
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To: Kaslin

Obama will give the base back to Cuba. The original agreement negotiated after the Spanish- American War was 99 years.. We are a month to month tenant and that will be Obamas rationale for the give back. Watch and wait.


5 posted on 03/05/2016 12:20:23 PM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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Problem is I don’t think congress can stop it!!! Once all the Terrorist are transferred Then He transfers all the military off base and hands the keys to the Cubans.. Then it’s all over folks!!!


6 posted on 03/05/2016 12:26:30 PM PST by tallyhoe
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Of course he will by EO


7 posted on 03/05/2016 12:26:52 PM PST by Kaslin (He needed theThe l ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Interesting that there is not a word from the mediacrats about “giving the military an illegal order”


8 posted on 03/05/2016 12:38:29 PM PST by CMailBag
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To: Kaslin

It was two or three weeks ago that I posted that I thought Obama was going to give Gitmo back to Cuba.


9 posted on 03/05/2016 12:38:58 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
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Trump needs to publicly announce that this is something that Obama is thinking of doing, and that if he does it and the Cubans take over the place, that he will order the military to take it back on January 20th.


10 posted on 03/05/2016 1:01:16 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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They are committed until Obama frowns at Mitch McConnell who will then roll over whimpering like a puppy. Ryan will follow.


11 posted on 03/05/2016 1:04:01 PM PST by howlinhound (Live your life so that, when you get up in the morning, Satan says, "Oh Crap!..He's awake" - Unknown)
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Yes. The Republicrats were going to stop husseincare, the trade deals, court nominees, spending etc. I guess they didn’t.


12 posted on 03/05/2016 1:06:17 PM PST by shelterguy
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“Trump needs to publicly announce that this is something that Obama is thinking of doing, and that if he does it and the Cubans take over the place, that he will order the military to take it back on January 20th.”

Absolutely. Yes - say it loud and clear and often enough so the media cannot ignore it.


13 posted on 03/05/2016 1:10:54 PM PST by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Kaslin
Did anyone doubt this is what the King had in mind with his change in Cuba policy and his renewed push to move the muslim terrorists out of GITMO?

He is in a mad rush to screw America over as much as possible in the next 10 months.


14 posted on 03/05/2016 1:11:05 PM PST by Iron Munro (Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth -- Mike Tyson)
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Mitch and the boys like the submissive little GOPe bitches they are.


15 posted on 03/05/2016 1:13:54 PM PST by AFreeBird
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Mebbe the Pubbies in congress would be brave enough to hold a news conference where they make mean faces in response to the illegal executive action.

Mitch would probably be so pissed off that he would delay confirming Obama’s Supreme Court nominee for a week or so.


16 posted on 03/05/2016 1:25:17 PM PST by FirstFlaBn
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To: Kaslin
Even if Congress passes such a law, Obama will veto it, and enough Democrats will support his veto that it will stand.

What is the legal status of the base? Is it something that the Commander-in-Chief can decide on unilaterally?

17 posted on 03/05/2016 1:26:17 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Iron Munro

He sure worked on it.


18 posted on 03/05/2016 1:32:34 PM PST by Kaslin (He needed theThe l ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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This certainly calls for another strongly worded memo from House Speaker Paul Ryan to King Obama !!!


19 posted on 03/05/2016 1:41:38 PM PST by Iron Munro (Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth -- Mike Tyson)
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He gives the base back to Cuba, Russia and/or China will be in there before the end of the year.


20 posted on 03/05/2016 1:44:07 PM PST by Vinnie
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