Lawmakers Urge Biden to Keep Guantanamo Bay Prison Open After Afghanistan Pullout
25 May 2021
Military.com | By Steve Beynon
Senate Republicans want to know what President Joe Biden plans to do with the controversial wartime prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as the U.S. ends its war in Afghanistan.
Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford and seven other Republicans sent a letter to Biden Tuesday urging him to maintain the prison and keep the remaining 40 prisoners locked up there.
"We anticipate your team is also developing a clear path forward to maintain GTMO operations, which are supported by a bipartisan congressional majority and most Americans," the lawmakers wrote. "While there were reasonable arguments for transferring and repatriating some low-risk detainees under your predecessors, we all agree that relocating the remaining 40 individuals or closing the facility would create an unnecessary risk."
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