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Bennie Thompson: “Closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility is a National security imperative.”

On the recordApril 27, 2016
Closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility is a National security imperative.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Thompson argues that keeping Guantanamo open weakens national security.

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