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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “$31,977.65 as opposed to a $1.7 million cost per detainee at GTMO--a colossal waste of money and an example of backward…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2018
$31,977.65 as opposed to a $1.7 million cost per detainee at GTMO--a colossal waste of money and an example of backward priorities.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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Wasserman Schultz criticizes the high cost of detaining individuals at GTMO compared to federal inmates.

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