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House rebukes Obama with ban on Gitmo transfers
"The House on Thursday passed a bill that bans the transfer of detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an election-year rebuke of the Obama administration’s efforts to whittle down the population of suspected terrorists at the controversial facility.
Republicans argue that a ban on transfers is necessary because the Obama administration is ignoring the risks of sending Guantanamo detainees to foreign countries, pointing to statistics from the Director of National Intelligence that 30 percent of detainees have returned or are suspected of returning to the terror fight.
The latest report found another two former Guantanamo detainees had returned to fighting, according to Reuters.
“It’s an unfortunate reality that our president remains willing to continue putting a misguided campaign promise ahead of the national security,” said Rep. Jackie Walorksi (R-Ind.), the sponsor of the bill."
House rebukes Obama with ban on Gitmo transfers
"The House on Thursday passed a bill that bans the transfer of detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an election-year rebuke of the Obama administration’s efforts to whittle down the population of suspected terrorists at the controversial facility.
Republicans argue that a ban on transfers is necessary because the Obama administration is ignoring the risks of sending Guantanamo detainees to foreign countries, pointing to statistics from the Director of National Intelligence that 30 percent of detainees have returned or are suspected of returning to the terror fight.
The latest report found another two former Guantanamo detainees had returned to fighting, according to Reuters.
“It’s an unfortunate reality that our president remains willing to continue putting a misguided campaign promise ahead of the national security,” said Rep. Jackie Walorksi (R-Ind.), the sponsor of the bill."
House rebukes Obama with ban on Gitmo transfers
