Barack Obama: “This needs to be the year Congress lifts the remaining restrictions on…”

On the recordJune 16, 2014

This needs to be the year Congress lifts the remaining restrictions on detainee transfers and we close the prison at Guantánamo Bay.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Statement of Administration Policy: Senate Amendment to H.R. 4660 - Commerce

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