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U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
continues
his aggressive
work
to
stop
President
Obama’s
dangerous
plan
to
relocate
international
terrorists
currently
held
in
the
Guantanamo
Bay
Detention
Camp
in
Cuba
to
domestic
sites
on
US
soil,
including
one
in
Hanahan,
South
Carolina.
Just
yesterday,
President
Obama's
Defense
Secretary
Ash
Carter
admitted
that
Congress
must
change
the
law
in
order
to
move
Guantanamo – perhaps
ruling
out
the
use
of
an
Executive
Order
to
do
so.
Secretary
Carter’s
new
admission
comes
after
others
in
the
administration,
including
the
Attorney
General
and
military
leaders,
have
said
it
would
be
illegal to
even
try
based
on
current
law.
President
Obama
has
been
met,
and
make
no
mistake,
will
continue
to
be
met
with
strong,
principled
opposition
from
Senator
Scott
on
every
front
on
this
terrible
plan.
Senator
Scott
remains
vigilant
and
committed
to
ensuring
that
no
detainees
are
moved
to
ANY
domestic
site.
Frankly,
President
Obama
might
as
well
just
let
this
one
go
because
it’s
not
happening
as
long
as
Senator
Scott
is
a
member
of
the
United
States
Senate
and
representing
the
great
people
of
South
Carolina.
–
Sean
L.
Conner,
Press
Secretary
to
Senator
Scott
***
Ash
Carter:
Congress
must
change
the
law
to
move
Guantanamo
prisoners
to
U.S.
Rebecca
Shabad
CBS
News
February
29,
2016
Defense
Secretary
Ash
Carter
on
Monday
made
it
clear
that
Congress
will
have
to
change
the
law
if
the
government
wants
to
move
some
remaining
detainees
at
the
Guantanamo
Bay
prison
to
a
facility
on
U.S.
soil.
Speaking
to
reporters
at
the
Pentagon,
Carter
said
that
safety
is
his
top
priority
and
there
has
to
be
alternate
detention
facility
created
for
the
detainees.
"Now,
that
can't
be
done
unless
Congress
acts,
which
means
that
Congress
has
to
support
the
idea
that
it
would
be
good
to
move
this
facility
or
the
detainees
to
the
United
States,"
said
Carter,
who
reiterated
that
closing
Guantanamo
Bay
would
save
the
U.S.
a
lot
of
money.
Carter
went
on
to
say
that
the
closure
plan,
unveiled
by
the
White
House
last
week,
could
not
be
fully
implemented
until
Congress
takes
action.
"So
it
is
good
if
it
can
be
done,
but
it
cannot
be
done
under
current
law.
The
law
has
to
be
changed,"
he
said.
"That
is
the
reason
to
put
a
proposal
to
put
in
front
of
Congress."
[…]
Last
fall,
President
Obama
signed
a
defense
policy
bill
that
barred
the
administration
from
transferring
detainees
to
U.S.
soil.
At
a
congressional
hearing
in
November,
Attorney
General
Loretta
Lynch
acknowledged
that
the
law
is
clear.
"With
respect
to
individuals
being
transferred
to
the
United
States,
the
law
currently
does
not
allow
that,"
she
told
the
House
Judiciary
Committee.
"Certainly
it
is
the
position
of
the
Department
of
Justice
that
we
would
follow
the
law
of
the
land
in
regard
on
that
issue."
[…]
Republicans
in
Congress,
meanwhile,
blasted
the
president's
plan
and
largely
declared
it
dead
on
arrival
on
Capitol
Hill.
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