Obama to release plan to close Guantanamo Bay

[JTFrog]

Source: Gregory Korte and Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY

Obama to release plan to close Guantanamo Bay
Gregory Korte and Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY 10:30 a.m. EST February 23, 2016

WASHINGTON — The long-awaited Pentagon report on closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay looked at 13 potential sites for transferring the suspected terrorists, but does not propose any specific location, two senior administration officials said.

Obama will deliver a statement on the plan from the White House at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time, setting up a last-year confrontation with Congress about a campaign promise he made eight years ago.

The plan does not indicate the prisons in the United States under consideration to transfer detainees, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement.

“The administration seeks an active dialogue with Congress on this issue and looks forward to working with Congress to identify the most appropriate location as soon as possible,” Cook said.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/23/obama-releases-plan-close-guantanamo-bay/80792250/

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There was a link to live stream at the top of the linked page.. not sure if it's still live.

[JonathanRackham]

2. Why did this take so long?

[JTFrog]

3. Congress. n/t

[tk2kewl]

5. couldn't do it until the FEMA camps were ready?

[JonathanRackham]

6. Everyone knows the FEMA camps are for the Republicans.

Rush says so.

[femmocrat]

4. He is asking, if not now, then when?

Indeed.

[maxsolomon]

7. the GOP answer: we're SCARED,

so never ever ever. we need a place to put the prisoners from our next war.

and cuba can suck it, we'll never give that base back to commies.