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“[T]he
President’s
foreign
policy
has
been
an
absolute
failure,
and
his
willingness
to
close
Guantanamo
Bay
and
send
the
world’s
worst
enemy
combatants
to
a
location
near
some
of
us
is
simply
the
icing
on
a
disastrous
cake
-
baking
into
American
history
a
terrible
eight-year
run
on
foreign
policy.”
-
Senator
Tim
Scott,
March
3,
2016
(Photo:
SAUL
LOEB,
AFP,
Getty
Images)
Yesterday,
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC),
a
vocal
opponent
of
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,
delivered
a
major
speech
at
the
Conservative
Political
Action
Conference
(CPAC)
on
the
impact
of
Obama
administration’s
failed
foreign
policies
on
our
nation.
Here’s
what
major
South
Carolina
papers
and
nationally
recognized
conservative
media
are
saying
about
his
speech.
SOUTH
CAROLINA
GREENVILLE
NEWS,
Greenville:
“U.S.
Sen.
Tim
Scott
warned
a
national
gathering
of
conservatives
Thursday
that,
if
elected
president, Hillary
Clinton would
continue
the
same
foreign
policies
pursued
by
President
Obama.
[…]
Scott
opposes
the
closure
because
it
could
result
in
moving
some
terrorist
detainees
to
a
military
facility
outside
Charleston.
[…]Congress
has
passed
a
law
barring
the
use
of
federal
funds
to
close
Guantanamo
Bay
or
to
transfer
detainees
to
U.S.
prisons.
Scott
promised
to
"use
every
weapon
in
our
arsenal"
to
keep
it
open.”
(Mary
Orndorff
Troyan,
“Tim
Scott
says
Clinton
would
continue
weak
foreign
policy,”
The
Greenville
News
[SC],
3/3/16)
THE
STATE,
Columbia:
“U.S.
Sen.
Tim
Scott
of
South
Carolina
hammered
President
Barack
Obama’s
foreign
policy
in
a
speech
Thursday
at
the
Conservative
Political
Action
Conference,
staying
out
of
the
presidential
election
talk
that
dominated
most
of
the
day’s
events.
‘Only
in
President
Obama’s
view
of
foreign
policy
do
you
negotiate
with
regimes
like
Iran
and
Cuba
and
North
Korea,
and
at
the
same
time
publicly
chastise
our
closest
allies,
like
Israel,’
the
Charleston
Republican
told
conservative
activists
and
lawmakers.
(Vera
Bergengruen,
“Scott
slams
Obama’s
foreign
policy
at
annual
conservative
gathering,”
The
State
[SC],
3/3/16)
THE
POST
AND
COURIER,
Charleston:
“Scott
chose
to
rile
up
the
crowd
at
the
Gaylord
National
Harbor
Hotel
with
scathing
indictments
of
President
Barack
Obama’s
national
defense
strategy,
particularly
his
interests
in
moving
terror
detainees
from
Guantanamo
Bay,
Cuba,
to
sites
inside
the
United
States.”
(Emma
Dumain,
“Sen.
Tim
Scott
focuses
on
S.C.
at
CPAC,”
The
Post
and
Courier
[SC],
3/3/16)
NATIONAL
CONSERVATIVE
OUTLETS:
THE
DAILY
SIGNAL:
“Sen.
Tim
Scott
vowed
Thursday
that
the
Republican-led
Congress
will
“stand
strong
and
use
every
weapon
in
our
arsenal”
to
stop
President
Barack
Obama
from
closing
the
U.S.
military
prison
at
Guantanamo
Bay.
Scott,
R-S.C.,
has
been
a
leading
opponent
of
Obama’s
plan
to
close
the
facility
in
Cuba and
has
warned
the
president
against
authorizing
a
military
prison
in
South
Carolina
as
a
site
to
house
Guantanamo
detainees.”
(Josh
Siegel,
Tim
Scott:
Congress
Will
‘Use
Every
Weapon
in
Our
Arsenal’
to
Stop
Obama
From
Closing
Guantanamo,
The
Daily
Signal,
3/3/16)
CNSNEWS.COM:
“In
a
speech
at
the
Conservative
Political
Action
Conference
(CPAC),
Sen.
Tim
Scott
(R-S.C.)
said
Thursday
that
President
Barack
Obama’s
‘foreign
policy
has
been
an
absolute
failure’
and
his
willingness
to
close
Gitmo
and
send
enemy
combatants
to
U.S.
prisons
is
‘the
icing
on
a
disastrous
cake,
baking
into
American
history
a
terrible
eight-year
run
on
foreign
policy.’”
(Melanie
Hunter,
“Sen.
Tim
Scott:
Obama’s
Willingness
to
Close
Gitmo
Is
‘The
Icing
on
a
Disastrous
Cake’,”
CNSNews.com,
3/3/16)
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