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Charleston,
SC
–
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
will
hold
a
media
availability
immediately
following
his
meeting
this
afternoon
with
Obama
Administration
officials
currently
in
Charleston
surveying
Naval
Consolidated
Brig
Charleston.
During
his
meeting,
he
plans
to
again
reiterate
his
call
for
an
immediate
halt
to
any
plan
to
relocate dangerous
international
terrorists
currently
held
in
the
Guantanamo
Bay
Detention
Camp
in
Cuba
to
any
domestic
sites
on
US
soil.
The
president
announced
that
he
would
close Guantanamo
Bay
and
the
Department
of
Defense
began
conducting
site
surveys
in
the
United
States
to
look
at
options
for
places
to
house detainees. The
Consolidated
Naval
Brig
in
Charleston,
Fort
Leavenworth
in
Kansas,
along
with
several
other
undisclosed
facilities
are
under
consideration
by
the
Obama
Administration.
Senator
Scott
has
consistently
opposed
any
plan
to
bring
these
dangerous
terrorists
to
domestic
sites.
As
part
of
his
efforts,
last
month,
joined
by
five
fellow
members
of
the
South
Carolina
congressional
delegation,
he
wrote
to
President
Obama
to
inform
him
that
they
were
“prepared
to
use
all
possible
means
to
keep
terrorists
in
Guantanamo
Bay
and
off
American
soil.”
He
has
also
wrote
pieces
in
the
Wall
Street
Journal
–
with
Senator
Pat
Roberts
(R-KS)
–
and
the
Post
&
Courier
on
the
importance
of
stopping
the
president’s
plan.
Today,
September
2,
2015
WHO:
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
WHAT:
Media
Availability
WHEN: Today
at
5:15PM
WHERE:
Joint
Base
Charleston
Naval
Weapons
-
Gate
4
1050
Remount
Rd
North
Charleston,
SC
29406
Note:
Address
above
for
GPS
or
internet
mapping
purposes.
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