Senate Democrats Reject Obama's Request for Funds to Close GITMO

[babylonsister]

Senate Demands Plan for Detainees
Democrats Scrap Funding to Close Guantanamo Bay

By Shailagh Murray
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Under pressure from Republicans and concerned about the politics of relocating terrorism suspects to U.S. soil, Senate Democrats rejected President Obama's request for funding to close the Guantanamo Bay prison and vowed to withhold federal dollars until the president decides the fate of the facility's 240 detainees.

The decision represents a potentially serious setback for Obama, who as a candidate vowed to close Guantanamo and who signed an executive order beginning the process soon after he took office.

Obama had asked Congress for $80 million to close the facility, located on a U.S. military base in Cuba, by early 2010. Many Democrats see Guantanamo as an affront to the U.S. legal system and a symbol of Bush-era detainee policies, but they are increasingly wary about the next step, as yet undefined by Obama, of relocating the terrorism suspects who are detained at the site.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/19/AR2009051903615.html

[Chulanowa]

1. HOW DARE OBAMA JUST NOT PAY FOR IT OUT OF POCKET!!!

I feel used! I feel raped! Just like BUSHREAGANCOULTERBLARRRRGH!

:sarcasm:

[Jennicut]

2. The question is, what do we do with these suspects at Gitmo?

I say we close Gitmo, move them to a prison here, and then start giving them all trials if needed. Enough is enough. Senate Dems won't even take the first step.

[babylonsister]

3. Sorry, this was meant as a response, not an OP. Pls. ignore

this... :fistbump:

[Drunken Irishman]

4. It works, though!