Reply #13: Senator suggests shutting down Guantanamo Bay prison

[krystine]

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Sen. Mel Martinez said the Bush administration should consider closing the Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorism suspects — the first high-profile Republican to make the suggestion.

Sen. Mel Martinez, who strongly supported Bush's efforts in Iraq during his campaign last year, expressed concerns about progress in the war.

"It's become an icon for bad stories and at some point you wonder the cost-benefit ratio," Martinez said Friday. "How much do you get out of having that facility there? Is it serving all the purposes you thought it would serve when initially you began it, or can this be done some other way a little better?"



http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-06-11-mel-martinez-gitmo_x.htm