Posted on 05/14/2009 3:54:06 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
WASHINGTON (AP) - South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham says he doesn't think Congress should pay to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay until there is a more detailed plan for what to do with detainees there.
A Senate panel on Thursday considered a war spending bill that would provide $50 million to the Pentagon to begin the promised closure of the facility. Graham said he would like to see a new system in place before that money is spent, including a national security court to review each detainee's status.
More certainty about the detainees will make moving the prisoners and closing the facility "easier to sell to the American people," he said.
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McLame’s poodle speaks.
I wonder what wakes him up sometimes ...
Why do I get the impression that Lindsey Graham has been spanked by another man and liked it.
Hee Hee, I think you are right, but this is his seeecond big statement today, somebody must have pulled his chain.
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