GOP Wants More Time For Gitmo

By Celia Canon- Talk Radio News Service

It was a day of confrontation for Senate Republicans today as more members of the GOP decided not to back President Obama on his decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) recently returned from a visit to the Cuba-based facility.

Both agreed that the detention center is the best solution for the allocation of the Guantanamo prisoners, at least for the moment.

“It is a remarkable facility, it really seems to be the perfect facility for these detainees,” Barrasso said. “The facility that they have there is remarkably equipped, it is safe, it is secure, there has been no escape from that area and the treatment these detainees are receiving was surprising to me because it is so good.”

In terms of Human Rights, Barrasso argued that the medical treatment in the prison is “Health care at the level that you’d want for the people of this country.”

Calling to all Republicans, Brownback said “ I think it’s important for us to send a signal and hopeful that we get an affirmative vote in the Senate not to have detainees to the U.S. and I think we should have that vote and do it on the supplemental this week.”

Additionally, Barrasso warned that “I would challenge the President to go to Guantanamo Bay. Look at this facility before you make your final decisions and determinations, I think you should take a look at this
facility.”

“When you say I want to close it if you choose to still do that, I recommend that you have a specific plan before coming to the senate and this specific plan should say what you want to do with the detainees, but it shouldn’t be bring them to the U.S.,”said Barrosso in his message to President Obama.