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On the recordApril 22, 2009
Does the U.S. Government have the authority to admit these terrorists into the United States if you move them from Guantanamo Bay into some of our communities?
Said by
Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Shelby questions the legal authority to transfer Guantanamo detainees to U.S. communities.

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