He promised the prison would be closed by January 2010 but now President Obama faces complications to his plans as the senate refused the 80 million dollars needed to close the facility. The argument being that the American people do not want the prisoners to be transferred to United States soil. Continue reading ‘On Air: What would you do with a Guantanamo prisoner?’
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Talking Points: 21 May
“The American people don’t want these detainees held at a military base or federal prison in their back yard” Republican Senator John Thune said
The Senate voted yesterday against granting the $80 million requested by President Obama to close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay and to bar the transfer of detainees to the United States and its territories. Is there no alternative to Guantanamo? Continue reading ‘Talking Points: 21 May’
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