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breitbart.com - 5/19/2009
Democrats won't fund Guantanamo closing for now
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's allies in the Senate will not provide funds to close the Guantanamo Bay prison until the administration comes up with a satisfactory plan for transferring the detainees there, a top Democrat said Tuesday. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Obama's plan ...
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news.yahoo.com - 5/19/2009
AP Source: Democrats won't fund Guantanamo closing (AP)
— news.yahoo.com — AP - A top Democratic official says President Barack Obama's allies in the Senate will not provide... funds to close the Guantanamo Bay prison next January. (more) AP Source: Democrats won't fund Guantanamo closing (AP)

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AP Source: Democrats won't fund Guantanamo closing
— breitbart.com — WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's allies in the Senate will not provide funds to close the... Guantanamo Bay prison next January, a top Democratic official said Tuesday. With debate looming on Obama's spending request to cover military and ... (more) AP Source: Democrats won't fund Guantanamo closing

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washingtonpost.com - 5/20/2009
Senate Democrats Reject Obama's Request for Funds to Close Guantanamo Bay Prison
— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Senate Democrats Reject Obama's Request for Funds to ...

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Althouse:  "President Barack Obama's allies in the Senate will not provide funds to close the Guantanamo Bay prison..."

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"President Barack Obama's allies in the Senate will not provide funds to close the Guantanamo Bay prison..."
Althouse — "... until the administration comes up with a satisfactory plan for transferring the detainees there, a top Democrat said Tuesday." Key word: "allies." Obama doesn't want to close Guantanamo, but he doesn't want to be the one to say it, and these people are giving him cover. Well played... reasonably well played, that is. I mean, I see right through it. ...

Democrats Won’t Fund Closing Gitmo
PoliGazette — Oh, the hypocrisy: after blasting George W. Bush and Republicans in general for years over the very existence of prison camp Guantanamo Bay, Congressional Democrats on Tuesday refused to fund closing it. President Barack Obama’s allies in the Senate will not provide funds to close the Guantanamo Bay prison until the administration comes up with a satisfactory plan for transferring the detainees there, a top Democrat said Tuesday. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo is not dead—only that the funding will have to wait until the administration devises an acceptable plan to ...

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