Fear is precisely what our enemies want to instill in us.
There has been until recently a bipartisan consensus that there are significant national security and foreign policy risks associated with k...
The better question, perhaps, may be what are the costs of keeping it open.
They're called super max prisons for a reason. No one has ever escaped from one.
But that's not how were supposed to work as a nation. That's not what we stand for, and I don't believe that we should abandon our principle...
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for calling this hearing.
Closing Gitmo and transferring detainees to other secure prisons would free up $85 million a year.
The costs of closing the facility are far, far less than the costs of keeping it open.
We're reminded again today of the terrible cost of violent extremism.
It's also important to reflect on where our policies have gone astray and maybe made the situation worse.
Under no circumstances will these people be released onto American soil.