Inhofe Wants GITMO Commitment Made Permanent

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Today, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called on his Democrat and Republican colleagues in the U.S. Senate to stand by their commitment to prevent Gitmo detainees from being transferred to the U.S. by signing on to his legislation (S.370).

Senators Inhofe and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) yesterday introduced a bi-partisan amendment to prevent funding in the current War Supplemental bill, which passed today by an overwhelming vote of 90-6. Though a temporary victory occurred when Senate Democrats conceded to Senator Inhofe and other Senate Republicans to remove funding for any such transfers from the War Supplemental Appropriations legislation and voted against the funding today, Senator Inhofe’s bill would prevent this funding in any future appropriations bills as well.

Read more about it here.