Fortunately for Americans what is yet another missed deadline for the President is one more day that we are protected from the security risks posed by moving GITMO to middle America."
WASHINGTONU.S. Sen. John Cornyn R-Texas today issued the following statement regarding President Obamas pledge on January 22 2009 to close Guantanamo Bay no later than today January 22 2010*:
Closing GITMO was a bad idea a year ago and it remains a bad idea today. I was profoundly concerned when the President announced last January he would close GITMO and dismantle major portions of his predecessors counterterrorism program which had kept Americans safe from the threat of terrorism since September 11 2001.
Since then our nation has been blindsided by a horrific terrorist attack at Fort Hood Texas and a Christmas day terror plot that came far too close to completion in the skies over Detroit. Fortunately for Americans what is yet another missed deadline for the President is one more day that we are protected from the security risks posed by moving GITMO to middle America.
Today I call on the President with the benefit of one years worth of hindsight to reconsider his ill-conceived campaign pledge to close GITMO. This will restore a needed sense of seriousness to our nations counterterrorism efforts and send a powerful message to al Qaeda and its allies that the safety of the American people is more important than world opinion and left-wing handwringing."
*Executive Order 13492 ¶ 3 January 22 2009: The detention facilities at Guantnamo for individuals covered by this order shall be closed as soon as practicable and no later than 1 year from the date of this order."
Fortunately for Americans what is yet another missed deadline for the President is one more day that we are protected from the security risks posed by moving GITMO to middle America."
WASHINGTONU.S. Sen. John Cornyn R-Texas today issued the following statement regarding President Obamas pledge on January 22 2009 to close Guantanamo Bay no later than today January 22 2010*:
Closing GITMO was a bad idea a year ago and it remains a bad idea today. I was profoundly concerned when the President announced last January he would close GITMO and dismantle major portions of his predecessors counterterrorism program which had kept Americans safe from the threat of terrorism since September 11 2001.
Since then our nation has been blindsided by a horrific terrorist attack at Fort Hood Texas and a Christmas day terror plot that came far too close to completion in the skies over Detroit. Fortunately for Americans what is yet another missed deadline for the President is one more day that we are protected from the security risks posed by moving GITMO to middle America.
Today I call on the President with the benefit of one years worth of hindsight to reconsider his ill-conceived campaign pledge to close GITMO. This will restore a needed sense of seriousness to our nations counterterrorism efforts and send a powerful message to al Qaeda and its allies that the safety of the American people is more important than world opinion and left-wing handwringing."
*Executive Order 13492 ¶ 3 January 22 2009: The detention facilities at Guantnamo for individuals covered by this order shall be closed as soon as practicable and no later than 1 year from the date of this order."
