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Democrats may seek Guantanamo shutdown (Democrats to set the terrorist free)
MSNBC ^ | 2/9/2007 | Tom Curry

Posted on 02/09/2007 8:26:49 AM PST by tobyhill

WASHINGTON - Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said Thursday that he may seek to close the Guantanamo facility in Cuba - which is holding more than 300 al Qaida suspects - perhaps by including a requirement in the $100 billion supplemental spending bill for Iraq the Congress will vote on next month.

Murtha wields extraordinary power in the House as chairman of the military appropriations subcommittee and as a longtime ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Murtha told reporters Thursday that he had not made a final decision on trying to order the closure, but that he had dispatched a member of the House to Guantanamo last month to investigate.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: congress; democrats; detainees; gitmo; guantanamo; rats; terrorism; wot
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To: GitmoSailor
Hey Gitmo! Diana is running again for her county commissioner seat. I'm not happy about it, but I wish her well.

Dian Irey Campaign website

21 posted on 02/09/2007 10:19:16 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: rhombus
We can't deport them to their countries of origin (they'll be tortured!), and nobody else wants them,

so we WILL have to release them into the US population,

they can't become indigent do they WILL get green cards.

Let's hope they all become taxi drivers in John Murtha's district.

The Dems are such complainers, they never think about the consequences of their positions. And they know the Russerts and the Matthews of the MSM are way too compromised to grill them on basic, obvious questions.

22 posted on 02/09/2007 2:47:54 PM PST by cookcounty (Regarding the Democrat Iraq Plan: "Is that a blank sheet of paper or a white flag in your pocket?")
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To: tobyhill

Collaborators


23 posted on 02/09/2007 6:54:30 PM PST by samm1148 (Pennsylvania-They haven't taxed air--yet)
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To: rhombus
Then fill up Gitmo with Dems.
24 posted on 02/09/2007 8:04:27 PM PST by Ukiapah Heep (Shoes for Industry!)
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