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**alanamosteller** · 08-03-2011, 05:21 PM

Oh nonsense...that's exactly what Congress did, e.g.,

Senate Democrats reject funding for Guantánamo closure | World news | guardian.co.uk (bolding added)

I cite the actual bill and you cite a news article as though that somehow trumps it.

The bill says what it says, and that's what Congress actually did. (That being said, the quotes in the linked news article still only refer to release not transfer.) Congress did nothing to impede transfer until December 2010. Individual Congressmen giving hysterical quotes is not a "block" on the administration.

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It's a broken promise but not one he is chargeable with given Congressional resistance. Disagree with the latter half of that statement, obviously. If Mr. Obama becomes apoplectic when individual Congressmen make hysterical quotes, he should not have run for the Presidency. It's certainly not an excuse for inaction.

08-03-2011, 05:21 PM	#24
alanamosteller Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 404 Senior Member	Oh nonsense...that's exactly what Congress did, e.g., Senate Democrats reject funding for Guantánamo closure \| World news \| guardian.co.uk (bolding added) I cite the actual bill and you cite a news article as though that somehow trumps it. The bill says what it says, and that's what Congress actually did. (That being said, the quotes in the linked news article still only refer to release not transfer.) Congress did nothing to impede transfer until December 2010. Individual Congressmen giving hysterical quotes is not a "block" on the administration. ... It's a broken promise but not one he is chargeable with given Congressional resistance. Disagree with the latter half of that statement, obviously. If Mr. Obama becomes apoplectic when individual Congressmen make hysterical quotes, he should not have run for the Presidency. It's certainly not an excuse for inaction.
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