As Twitchy reported, in its excitement to announce that the U.S. Embassy in Cuba would reopen as one of the first steps in normalizing relations with the country, the Obama administration forgot to mention one little tidbit from Reuters: “Cuban government says U.S. should return Guantanamo Bay military base to Cuban sovereignty.”
So, what does happen to Guantanamo Bay? According to the Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon has sent a team to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to see if “a limited number” of detainees could be housed there.
#Gitmo surveys "meant to provide some costing information that can be included in our plan”- Pentagon #voaalert #leavenworth #Charleston
— Carla Babb (@CarlaBabbVOA) August 17, 2015
Pentagon on #Gitmo suvey team-"we anticipate this team will also make similar visits to non-DOD sites" #voaalert #leavenworth #Charleston
— Carla Babb (@CarlaBabbVOA) August 17, 2015
#Gitmo surveys "meant to inform the process as we go forward w/ this plan to Congress to be able to provide some cost assessments" #voaalert
— Carla Babb (@CarlaBabbVOA) August 17, 2015
@BoSnerdley @WSJ Ugh.
— We are screwed (@PornPops69) August 17, 2015
@SalenaZitoTrib Why don't we just build a small prison in Alaska, north of the artic circle and keep them there.
— Daniel (@ddwalk34) August 17, 2015
@BoSnerdley @WSJ Am I missing something or did a Democrat Congress already formally bar Gitmo inmates from being transferred to the US?
— Just Tom (@thomasa56) August 17, 2015
@BoSnerdley @WSJ another brilliant move by our corrupt prez. Hating america every step of the way
— God_Family_Country (@indictEm) August 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/EmailMagician/status/633278599416647680
Word is that Sen. Pat Roberts isn’t thrilled with the idea.
Read my statement on the Obama Administration's potential attempt to transfer #Gitmo prisoners to Ft. Leavenworth: http://t.co/gxxFbKydO9
— Senator Pat Roberts (@SenPatRoberts) August 14, 2015
Roberts released a statement Friday reading:
We have received reports of President Obama’s attempt to shut down Guantanamo Bay, which once again reflects another egregious overstep by this administration. Congress has consistently stopped Obama by law from moving a single detainee to the U.S. I shut down this administration’s nominee for Secretary of the Army in 2009 to prevent moving any detainees to Kansas and will do it again if necessary. Not on my watch will any terrorist be placed in Kansas.
https://twitter.com/e_dombrowski/status/633382712150257664
Gov. Sam Brownback also tweeted his opposition to the transfer of prisoners.
https://twitter.com/govsambrownback/status/632365419379097600
Editor’s note: The post has been updated with additional tweets.
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