Lawmakers Again Bid for Gitmo Detainees to Receive Emergency Care in US
23 May 2019
Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk
As the health of some Guantanamo Bay detainees deteriorates, lawmakers are once again pushing to authorize the transfer of prisoners to the U.S. for emergency medical care, according to the Senate Armed Services Committee version of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
The provision, part of the defense policy bill the committee passed Wednesday authorizing $750 billion in Pentagon spending, would be a "narrow carve-out exception" to the transfer ban currently in place for detainees, a senior committee aide said Thursday on background.
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