Posted on 07/23/2015 6:35:28 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
The Obama Administration is drafting a plan to finally close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said Wednesday, racing against the clock to fulfill a long-delayed promise by President Obama before his time in office runs out.
“The Administration is in the final stages of drafting a plan to safely and responsibly close the prison at Guantanamo Bay and to present that plan to Congress,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Wednesday.
Earnest said closing the prison is in the national security interest of the United States.
One of Obama’s first moves as President was to pledge that the prison would close within his first year in office. But he has repeatedly been stymied by opposition from congressional Republicans to transferring or releasing prisoners from the site, which Obama has decried as a propaganda tool for terrorists because of the years suspected militants have spent there without trial. . .
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Gitmo closed in 2009. This is just more Bush-bashing. /s
I've been thinking for a few days that this is what is behind all the suckup to the Castros .... if Obama gives Gitmo to the Cubans, no future president will be able to use it to fight terrorism.
And he could preclude Congress's attempts to stop him this time, simply by alienating the ground Gitmo stands on. No more safehold prison for terrorists.
Scumbag traitor.
The world is upside down: Netanyahu and Israel are enemies; Ayatollah and Iran are partners; Fidel Castro and Raul Castro are Obama's BFFs...
That would make for good bumper stickers and banners at rallies, except one can't even see it on that low-rated unfunny comedy channel called GOP.
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