Send detainees to Chicago if Guantanamo closes?

Posted by University of New Mexico/Talk Radio News Service on February 25, 2009 |

By Suzia van Swol and Candyce Torres, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service
After the President’s Address to Congress, Congressman Phil Gingrey (R-GA) says it was a broad brushed, but well delivered speech. Gingrey also says that Guantanamo Bay cannot be closed without a plan of what to do with the detainees. He continued, “do you want them in your state? We don’t want them in Georgia, and I don’t think most states, maybe California will take them, maybe, hey, maybe Illinois, the Chicago area would be a good place for them.” (2:55)

 
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February 25, 2009
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