Germany wouldn’t take Gitmo detainees, Democrats don’t want to pony up $50 million for “transition/resettlement costs” Obama wants

Worried that terror suspects could be brought to the U.S, House Democrats on Monday rebuffed the Obama administration’s request for $50 million to relocate prisoners from the detention facility at Guantanamo, Cuba according to BreitBart:

When lawmakers unveiled a bill to pay for military and diplomatic efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan through the fall, the money to implement President Barack Obama’s executive order to shut down the prison within a year was missing from it. However, money could be transferred later—without a politically challenging vote—if it were needed to move the detainees.

The bill, which was released to key lawmakers, registers about $11 billion more than Obama’s $83.4 billion request, reflecting additional money for procurement of cargo plans, armored combat vehicles, helicopters and other items.

Funding for foreign aid accounts would be increased to about $10 billion, said a House aide briefed on the bill, including money to combat AIDS.

Last week, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told lawmakers that the $50 million request for relocating the detainees was simply a “plug in the budget” that was just “a hedge that would allow us to get started if some construction is needed to be able to accommodate those detainees.”

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May 4, 2009 · Filed Under Gitmo, muslims


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