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Washington –
Following
Defense
Secretary
Ash
Carter’s
announcement
that
he
has
submitted
a
plan
to
President
Obama
to
close
the
Guantanamo
Bay
detention
center
and
move
dozens
of
dangerous
terrorists
to
a
domestic
location,
U.S.
Senators
Tim
Scott
(R-SC),
Pat
Roberts
(R-KS)
and
Cory
Gardner
(R-CO)
released
the
statement
below:
“No
matter
how
hard
the
President
wishes
it
wasn’t
the
case,
transferring
dozens
of
dangerous
terrorists
to
any
domestic
location
is
illegal.
It
is
also
clear
that
closing
Guantanamo
and
moving
the
detainees
to
South
Carolina,
Kansas
or
Colorado
will
not
lead
to
even
the
smallest
change
in
the
beliefs
or
propaganda
of
radical
Islamic
terrorists.
The
President’s
effort
to
create
Gitmo
North
at
a
domestic
location
makes
our
nation
less
secure,
and
places
a
target
square
on
an
American
community.
We
stand
united
against
any
attempts
to
relocate
these
dangerous
terrorists
to
the
mainland,
no
matter
the
specific
location
proposed
in
the
Department
of
Defense
report,
and
will
use
all
of
the
tools
at
our
disposal
to
stop
it
from
happening.”
In
a
speech
yesterday,
Secretary
Carter
stated,
“Not
everyone
in
GTMO
can
be
safely
transferred
to
another
country,
so
we
need
an
alternative.
I
have
therefore
framed
for
the
president
a
proposal
to
establish
an
alternative
location.
That
plan
will
propose
bringing
those
detainees
to
an
appropriate,
secure
location
in
the
United
States.”
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