Obama vetoes $612 billion defense bill
Barack Obama vetoed a $612 billion defense spending bill Thursday,
saying it prevented the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison and wasted
money on unwanted programs.
public show of rejecting a law, Obama said the text agreed by the
Republican-controlled Congress “falls woefully short” in key areas.
said the bill did “a number of good things,” including reforming
military retirement and funding cyber security, but “resorts to
gimmicks” and funded unwanted programs.
zeroed in on provisions that would restrict the transfer of prisoners
from Guantanamo Bay on the tip of Cuba, to the United States.
“Guantanamo
is one of the premier mechanisms for jihadists to recruit, it is time
for us to close it. It’s outdated, it’s expensive.”
After embarrassing false starts, Obama is making a final push to close Guantanamo prison.
But to fulfill that glaringly incomplete campaign promise he faces unpalatable compromises and internal resistance.
But the fate of those deemed too dangerous to release — but too difficult to prosecute — has stymied his efforts.
administration is looking at military facilities like Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas or the Navy Brig in Charleston, South Carolina as possible
destinations for inmates.
Congress wants to have control of any transfer and to ensure that
prisoners do not have full rights afforded to American civilians.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which has campaigned for the prison’s closure, welcomed the move.
president clearly did the right thing by rejecting the bill’s
restrictions on transferring Guantanamo prisoners who have been locked
up without charge or trial for years on end,” said executive director
Anthony Romero.
needs to send back the president a bill that will let him close
Guantanamo and end indefinite detention, and he needs to take decisive
action to make his promise to close the prison a reality.
“He needs to do this soon, before his legacy is irreparably tarnished by the stain of Guantanamo.”
have repeatedly put forward a series of reforms eliminating reforms
that the Pentagon does not want, Congress keeps stuffing ‘em back in,”
he said.
Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2015/10/obama-vetoes-612-billion-defense-bill.html
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