This action is just the latest in long list of President Obama’s propensity of executive overreach and disregard for the will of the American people.
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Earnest twice refused to give a yes or no answer to questions about whether Obama can still close Guantanamo Bay detention center if Congress fails to approve his plan.
President Obama is ignoring the risky reality that the terrorist threat to our nation is growing every day and doubling down on closing Guantanamo Bay.
U.S. law bars transfers to the United States, and lawmakers are unlikely to lift those restrictions, especially in an election year.
McCain and Graham were some of the earliest Republican supporters of closing Guantanamo.
Obama’s plan “is about as thoughtful as something drawn last minute on the back of a napkin”, Tipton said in a statement. It is against the law-and it will stay against the law-to transfer terrorist detainees to American soil. “And that’s why we’re going to go ahead and continue to put pressure on Congress to do the right thing”.
The language of the NDAA states that the president must notify the appropriate committees at least 30 days prior to the transfer of detainees at Guantanamo Bay and entirely prohibits the transfer of detainees to the United States, according to the release. The reforms are needed because the commissions are very costly and have resulted in years of litigation without a resolution, Obama said.
Mr. Obama presented the plan to the Congress today.
Sanders’ statement noted he was one of only three senators to vote in 2007 against barring the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to America; then-Sen.
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“After seven years, President Obama has yet to convince the American people that moving Guantanamo terrorists to our homeland is smart or safe”, Mr. Ryan said. In another effort to shut the infamous detention facility, the president, on Tuesday, delivered a closure plan to the US Congress. “This latest proposal from the Administration is not complete and it would sacrifice USA national security for the sake of a misguided campaign pledge”. Under the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Protection Act, the President would have to receive congressional approval before “terminating, abandoning, or transferring the 45 square mile lease of land or waterways at the facility”.
