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swamppolitics.com - 5/20/2009
Pentagon push-back: Guantanamo Bay
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by Julian E. Barnes Pushing back against growing congressional opposition to moving detainees to the United States, a top Pentagon official said today that closing the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would require prisoners to be moved to the U.S. and urged lawmakers need ...
Reid: Guantanamo Detainees Should Not Be Held In U.S. Prisons
thinkprogress.org - 5/19/2009
Reid: Guantanamo Detainees Should Not Be Held In U.S. Prisons
— thinkprogress.org — Today, Senate Democrats announced that the Senate will strip $80 million in funding for closing Guantanamo until... the Obama administration devises a specific plan for transferring detainees. The move comes after conservatives have been heavily pushing ... (more) Reid: Guantanamo Detainees Should Not Be Held In U.S. ...

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AP Source: Democrats won't fund Guantanamo closing (AP)
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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breitbart.com - 5/19/2009
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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Harry Reid Punk’d by Tom Coburn: AK-47s Now Welcome in Yosemite
Firedoglake — ... Great week so far for Harry, who also parroted GOP talking points on Gitmo. I'm telling you -- not since LBJ have we seen such a masterful hand on the levers of power in the Senate. ...

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