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Obama administration approves its largest single release of Guantanamo detainees ever
WaPo ^ | August 15, 2016 | Dan Lamothe

Posted on 08/15/2016 5:20:41 PM PDT by jazusamo

The Obama administration on Monday transferred 15 detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United Arab Emirates, the largest release under the current president, the Pentagon said.

The transfer comes as the president faces a looming deadline to keep the promise he made on his first day in office to close the military prison. The detainee population there dipped under 100 for the first time in years in January with the release of 10 Yemeni prisoners, and will shrink to 61 with the latest transfer, underscoring a late effort to move toward closure.

“The United States is grateful to the Government of the United Arab Emirates for its humanitarian gesture and willingness to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility,” the Pentagon said in a statement. “The United States coordinated with the Government of the United Arab Emirates to ensure these transfers took place consistent with appropriate security and humane treatment measures.”

The move was immediately condemned by Ed Royce (R.-Calif.), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He accused the Obama administration in a statement of “doubling down on policies that put American lives at risk” and “recklessness.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gitmo; gitmodetainees; guantanamo; obama; obamagitmodetainees; release; terrorists; treason; uae
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0bama is determined to recycle all terrorists from Gitmo before leaving office.
1 posted on 08/15/2016 5:20:41 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Trump should say and as soon as he is president they are going right back in gitmo!


2 posted on 08/15/2016 5:22:21 PM PDT by pangaea6
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Just wait until they get obamalaw. The prisons will be empty only whites in them. They will realease all Sharia/BLM violent felons upon us. Oh he will give GITMO to cuba too.


3 posted on 08/15/2016 5:22:52 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~Goebbels-= White House Media.)
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To: jazusamo

Just clearing them out before January.


4 posted on 08/15/2016 5:23:14 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: jazusamo

Gitmo is a good place for the Obammy pres__ential library, alongside Fidel’s Tomb.


5 posted on 08/15/2016 5:23:28 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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Trump should say and as soon as he is president they are going right back in gitmo!

... or just send a squad to kill them.

6 posted on 08/15/2016 5:24:47 PM PDT by plain talk
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doubling down on policies that put American lives at risk................that is what he is in White House for. Killing off Americans. It is what sharia and soros do.
7 posted on 08/15/2016 5:25:00 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~Goebbels-= White House Media.)
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To: jazusamo

Can he actually close a military base without congressional approval?

I mean legally and physically? Can he hand the land back to Cuba?


8 posted on 08/15/2016 5:25:09 PM PDT by Tenacious 1 (You couldn't pay me enough to be famous for being stupid!)
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No, but who is going to stop him?


9 posted on 08/15/2016 5:26:25 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: jazusamo

Wouldn’t it have been a whole lot easier and quicker just to execute them all?........


10 posted on 08/15/2016 5:26:27 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: jazusamo

what=why


11 posted on 08/15/2016 5:26:48 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~Goebbels-= White House Media.)
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You’re absolutely right!


12 posted on 08/15/2016 5:26:59 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Putting all of the terrorists back in business and will hand Gitmo back to Cuba as a good will gesture. He is the enemy within.


13 posted on 08/15/2016 5:27:00 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: Tenacious 1

No one has yet stopped him.


14 posted on 08/15/2016 5:27:06 PM PDT by Kakaze (I want The Republic back !)
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To: jazusamo

15 posted on 08/15/2016 5:27:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Trump should call out Ryan or let Pence do it...


16 posted on 08/15/2016 5:27:59 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Have Faith...If you have none, pray and ask Him for more.)
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To: plain talk
Trump should say and as soon as he is president they are going right back in gitmo!

... or just send a squad to kill them.

Hussein Obama, America's FIRST Muslim President, is releasing GITMO prisoners so they can organize with ISIS and other Obama friendly terrorist organizations so they can return to America to kill your family, your friends and if things go right, the terrorists will get you and me too.

17 posted on 08/15/2016 5:28:27 PM PDT by politicianslie (What would a terroristdo if he were made POTUS? ANS: Exactly what Hussein Obama is doing!)
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GO, TRUMP, GO!

Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!

18 posted on 08/15/2016 5:29:19 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Once you realize they want as many Americans dead here it all makes sense. Americans don’t want sharia, madam killary or NWO. So they must be taken out. No votes from any of us for their utopia socialist dream


19 posted on 08/15/2016 5:29:58 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~Goebbels-= White House Media.)
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To: jazusamo
Dump them in DC, right next to the house Obama rented. Better yet, make them live in Obama’s house.
20 posted on 08/15/2016 5:30:39 PM PDT by Chgogal (A woman who votes for Hillary is voting with her vagina and not her brain.)
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