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White
House
Press
Briefing:
Obama’s
Press
Secretary
Partial
transcript
from
White
House
Press
Briefing:
On
closing
Guantanamo
Bay
and
transferring
detainees
to
US
soil,
“we're
hopeful
that
Congress,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
will,
at
a
minimum,
will
just
get
out
of
the
way
so
that
we
can
do
this
important
work.
(10/29/15)
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Testimony
Before
Congress:
Obama’s Attorney
General
Attorney
General
Loretta
Lynch
threw
a
big
wet
blanket
on
the
idea
during
testimony
before
the
House
Judiciary
Hearing
since
“the
law
currently
doesn’t
allow…”
Partial
transcript
from
Attorney
General
Lynch’s
testimony:
“With
respect
to
individuals
being
transferred
[from
Guantanamo
Bay]
to
the
United
States,
the
law
currently
doesn’t
allow
for
that.
And
that
is
not,
as
I
am
aware
of,
going
to
contemplated
given
the
current
legal
prescriptions
”
(11/17/15)
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WASHINGTON -
U.S.
Tim
Senator
Scott
(R-SC)
has
been
a
leading
voice
against
moving
detainees
at
Guantanamo
Bay
facility
to
any
domestic
site.
He
recently
visited
the
detention
facilities
at
Guantanamo
Bay
with
Senators
Kelly
Ayotte
(R-NH)
and
Shelley
Moore
Capito
(R-WV)
in
Cuba.
As
part
of
his
visit,
they
reviewed
the
detention
operations
and
met
with
American
troops
serving
at
the
facility.
Last
month,
the
President
vetoed
the
initial
version
of
the
NDAA,
stating
concerns
over
Guantanamo
as
well
as
spending
caps.
The
recent
budget
deal
satisfied
the
President’s
concerns
on
spending
caps;
however
the
President
continues
to
ignore
Congress
and
the
American
people
in
his
attempts
to
close
the
detention
facilities
at
Guantanamo.
Senator
Scott
is
committed
to using every
tool
at
his
disposal
to
block
the
transfer
of
dangerous
terrorists
from
Guantanamo
to
American
soil.
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