Senate Dems won't fund Gitmo closing Associated Press "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 held there, top Democrats said Tuesday. And in a further break with Obama, the Senate's top Democrat said he opposes transferring any Guantanamo prisoners to the United States for their trials or to serve their sentences. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has said 50 to 100 Guantanamo detainees may be transferred to U.S. facilities. 'I can't make it any more clear,' Reid said. 'We will never allow terrorists to be released in the United States.'" (05/19/09) http://tinyurl.com/qx9l7p === Senate votes to block funds for Guantanamo closure --Major setback for Obama plan to close the facility by January 2010 WHOOPSY! Darn 2Face-Party Plausible-Deniability, Not-My-Fault UNaccountability, Racket-Routine, USED Over & Over & Over Again & Again ... (When will WE discontinue our condoning complicity?) 20 May 2009 In a major rebuke to President Barack Obama, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to block the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to the United States and denied the administration the millions it sought to close the prison. The 90-6 Senate vote -- paired with similar House action last week -- was a clear sign to Obama that he faces a tough fight getting the DemocRATic-controlled Congress to agree with his plans to shut down the detention center and move the 240 detainees. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30826649/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ShadowGovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
