Posted on 05/04/2009 11:52:40 AM PDT by jazusamo
House Democratic leaders Monday dropped President Obama's request for $81 million to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, bowing to strong Republican criticism that the administration lacks a plan to relocate terror suspects detained there.
Mr. Obama requested the money as part a spending bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but Democratic appropriators left it out of the bill circulated Monday among House Appropriations Committee staffers.
Republicans have been criticizing Mr. Obama for rushing to keep his campaign promise to close the prison camp at the U.S. Navy base on Cuba without a plan for what to do with the roughly 240 terrorism suspects currently held on the island.
Closing the prison "just never stood up to logic. There is no place on the planet to take the worst of the worst that would treat them as well as they are treated at [Guantanamo]," said Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, who visited the facility a month ago.
"The bottom line really is that [if the prisoners are released], innocent people will die and some of them likely will be Americans," he said.
Democratic leaders were not immediately available to comment.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, previously dismissed the Republicans' objections as another example of partisan obstructionism by the minority.
"It would be highly irresponsible for Republicans to attempt to hold up funding as part of their just-say-no strategy," Reid spokesman Jim Manley said.
Senate Democrats have not come out in support of using the war-spending bill to close the prison camp, a strong signal that the move by House appropriators could kill the funding in the bill.
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Can someone tell me why our government needs $81 million to CLOSE a facility?
The way our government has been throwing around $billion figures the last year $89 mil is nothing, but I hear you.
LOL!
240 prisoners, lemme see, that’s 12 boxes of high quality hollow point .45 ammo, at about $30 per box, you could close Gitmo for $360.
And, there won't be any available anytime soon. I'm waiting with baited breath to hear what the talking points on this are.
Can someone tell me why our government needs $81 million to CLOSE a facility
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50-75,000. or less to close it. the other 80 million for something else the Kenyan fool wants to do.
They just gave ‘bammy “cover” by diluting the blame.
When people start dying in the US because of Obama’s stupid ideas; this being one; he will go down in flames.
This is a new tune:
“Democratic leaders were not immediately available to comment. “
A Major breakthru!!!!
ZERO’S Eyeglass Teleprompter that Idiot can even wear into the Bathroom!
A Major breakthru!!!!
ZERO’S Eyeglass Teleprompter that Idiot can even wear into the Bathroom!
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From a previous thread:
Obama to Release First Wave of GITMO Terrorists onto American Streets
http://oldgloryradio.com/wordpress/?p=580
That't a boldface lie. The Dems had a definte plan to form a committee to explore what their possible options were and then formulate a solution that the majority of them could agree on as to what should be done with the terrorists undocumented Mid-Eastern detainees in accordance with European laws of some sort or another.
You nailed it! :)
Sorry, just had to *fix* it a bit :)
“Closing the prison “just never stood up to logic.”
Well Duh.
I wonder if these Democrats who don’t want to fund the base closure are going to be getting the patented Rahm Emanuel ‘I’ll tear your throat out’ phone treatment?
Wonder if they all called their representatives!!
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