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Former Congressman Mike Rogers On Pres. Obama’s Plan To Close Gitmo

By Cumulus Media Feb 24, 2016 | 10:32 AM

President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The blueprint comes seven years after Obama made an Oval Office vow to permanently shutter the prison for enemy combatants, but it already faces objections from Republicans and legal obstacles they have placed to transferring Guantanamo detainees to U.S. prisons. Former Congressman and FBI special agent Mike Rogers joined John with reaction to the announcement.