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Washington –
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
released
the
statement
below
following
President
Barack
Obama’s
veto
of
the
National
Defense
Authorization
Act
(NDAA)
this
afternoon.
As
part
of
his
statement
vetoing
the
bill,
President
Obama
specifically
cited
his
disagreement
with
language
in
the
NDAA
that
would
keep
terrorists
from
being
transferred
to
domestic
soil.
“We
already
knew
the
President’s
goal
of
closing
the
Guantanamo
Bay
Detention
Facility
and
moving
dangerous
terrorists
to
domestic
soil
is
horribly
misguided;
unfortunately,
we
now
also
know
he
is
willing
to
risk
fully
supporting
our
troops
with
the
resources
they
need
in
order
to
score
political
points,”
Scott
said.
“The
NDAA
has
been
signed
into
law
annually
for
decades,
because
even
a
divided
Washington
understands
that
standing
behind
our
troops
is
essential
to
their
mission
and
America’s
security.
I
am
shocked
that
the
President
would
take
such
an
irresponsible
step
in
order
to
try
and
fulfill
a
political
promise,
and
I
will
continue
to
use
every
tool
at
my
disposal
to
block
the
transfer
of
dangerous
terrorists
from
Guantanamo
to
American
soil.”
Senator
Scott
will
be
traveling
to
Guantanamo
Bay
in
the
coming
days,
along
with
Senators
Kelly
Ayotte
(R-NH)
and
Shelly
Moore
Capito
(R-WV),
to
review
detention
operations
at
the
base.
Since
the
White
House
announced
that
South
Carolina
and
Kansas
were
among
the
potential
destinations
for
terrorists
transferred
from
Guantanamo
earlier
this
year,
Senator
Scott
has
led
the
charge
against
this
dangerous
plan
and
ensured
language
prohibiting
transfers
to
domestic
locations
remained
in
the
NDAA.
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