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Home Front: WoT
Pentagon Names Envoy to Shut Gitmo
2013-10-09
[An Nahar] The Pentagon on Tuesday named an envoy to shut down the controversial prison at Guantanamo Bay, showing renewed commitment to U.S. President Barack Obama
We're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us...
's elusive goal.

Paul Lewis, formerly a legal expert for the House of Representatives on Guantanamo,
...he was the minority counsel. That explains it better...
will look at ways to close the jail and transfer detainees to third countries, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said.

"This announcement reflects the department's commitment to implementing the president's directive to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay," a Pentagon statement said.

Lewis, who teaches ethics at Georgetown University,
He's all about 'social justice' which will tell you all you need to know about how he's going to approach this job...
will work with Cliff Sloan, a friend of Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
 who was named to a similar position at the State Department in June.

Obama had promised to close the prison set up under his predecessor George W. Bush within one year of taking office in 2009, saying that the indefinite detention of suspects on terrorism charges at the naval base in Cuba did not reflect U.S. values of rule of law.
Posted by:Fred

#5  I bet it will cost more to close than to open.
Posted by: Airandee   2013-10-09 18:50  

#4  Considering the park police is getting experience at closing things maybe the guys closing Yellowstone would be a good crew.
Posted by: Airandee   2013-10-09 18:50  

#3  Is this anything like appointing commission? Will closing Gitmo require an environmental impact statement?
Posted by: Matt   2013-10-09 09:08  

#2  Heh. Talk about a "no show" job...

Obama had promised to close the prison set up under his predecessor George W. Bush within one year of taking office in 2009...

Jeez, it's almost like he...lied.
Posted by: tu3031   2013-10-09 07:59  

#1  Wid the Hard Boyz busy in African Jihad + Al-Qaeda pushing out the domestics in Syria, the Bammer clearly must mean to expand Gitmo, not close it???

This threat to close Gitmo is as laughably serious as about getting rid of Baby Assad.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-10-09 03:23  

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