Posted on 09/30/2014 5:58:10 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The transfer of prisoners out of Guantanamo Bay has ground to a halt amid a slow Pentagon approval process, causing deep frustration within the administration and raising doubts that President Barack Obama will be able to fulfill his campaign promise to close the offshore prison for terrorism suspects.
Obama has said Guantanamo's continued operation hurts U.S. standing overseas and is a recruitment tool for terrorists.
"The president would absolutely like to see more progress in our efforts to close Guantanamo," Obama counter terrorism adviser Lisa Monaco said. "He wants it closed. He's pushing his own team very hard, raising it weekly with me, with Secretary Hagel, with Secretary (of State John) Kerry. He also wants Congress to act to remove the restrictions in place that are making it even harder to move forward."
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
I think what makes Gitmo a “target for terrorist recruiting” is the liberal media’s constant barrage of mentioning it.
Uh, huh. Just like he wanted to fulfill his campaign promise of getting out of Iraq.
How’d that work out?
These journalists are truly brainless. They treat the promise as an end it itself, just ‘cause it came out of the One’s pie hole. Reality and consequences be damned.
Ha haaaaaa! Get it? Because he learns everything from what he reads in the.....ah, ferget it. He's beyond being a joke anymore.
Oh, the poor blameless sap. Clown Prince nobama knows all but is thwarted by the resistance and incompetence of those around him. It is so sad that this perfect being cannot bring us to nirhvana in spite of those who do there best to thwart his excellence.
Could you imagine working for a guy like this in the real world?
All I know is if Woodward and Bernstein were still alive he wouldn’t get away with this crap.
Serious?- He’s a demonRAT!
O’bummer will always get a free pass ON EVERYTHING!!
especially illegal-Unconstitutional BS
(BTW- O’bummer does NOT need to even consider closing
Gitmo- HE HAS BEEN RELEASING THE TOP Al-Qaida leaders
FOR U.S. TRAITORS!!)
They are both alive.
The hell you say.
Wait. Just to be clear. I'm talking about Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein not Joanne Woodward and Leonard Bernstein.
Article implies that the Pentagon is engaged in more or less open insubordination against Obama.
Way to go, guys! Let’s follow that to its logical conclusion.
I don’t get it. He has a pen. He has a phone.
You win. :)
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