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On the recordDecember 30, 2006
I articulated the opinion that we should close Guantanamo not long after I got this job, in--at the end of 2006.
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Benjamin Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Cardin supports closing Guantanamo due to its negative legacy and recruitment for terrorists.

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