the original cia talking points, references to al qaeda were also in there. why did one come out and the other stay? thank you very much, congressman king. all right. we appreciate your time very much. thank you, sir. and we have more breaking news next. president obama decided to take ahead of the irs a big change at the top. filing the investigation that found the agency was targeting korve servetive groups. plus, an outfront investigation into the cost of keeping gitmo open. does that pricetag add up? i m on expert on softball. and tea parties. i ll have more awkward conversations than i m equipped for, because i m raising two girls on my own. i ll worry about the economy more than a few times before they re grown. but it s for them, so i ve found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we re owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us.
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in the absence of someone whose responsibility it is to figure out how to transfer people and who to transfer, and for negotiate it, it s hard to imagine this stalemate, this standoff, this hunger strike will be resolved. it is worth noting that 70% of americans say they approve of president obama s decision to keep gitmo open, 24% disapprove. the more we cover the hunger strike and the actual conditions and exactly who is in there, i think the more that dynamic changes, and a huge amount of that lift is with the miami herald s carol rosenberg doing some great reporting. thank you for your time today? thank you. and thank you to all. i ll see you back here tomorrow at noon. andrea mitchell reports is coming up next. [ female announcer ] from more efficient payments.
superiority. he submitted the manuscript to u.s. officials, who after redakzs, released it to the life lawyers, unclassified. why would they do that? it might be the obvious self-indicting manifesto of a guilty man. example: quote, what would the average american think if he or she saw what his or her government was doing with someone who has done no crimes against anybody? a little bad grammar there. a suspicious hint of he/she political correctness. mr. slahe has a rich history of ties to al qaeda. the president s record on gitmo is checkered and weak. not unlike his foreign policy. he blame thees congress and its restrictions for the stalemate on transfer and release of prisoners. it is easier to conclude a more obvious reason, the american public s overwhelming sentiment to keep gitmo open.
it hurts us, in terms of our international standing. it lessens cooperation with our allies on counterterrorism efforts. it is a recruitment tool for extremists. it needs to be closed. martha: elizabeth pran joins us live from washington. what is the president proposing this time around? reporter: during a news conference yesterday president obama looking to reengage lawmakers, he says keeping gitmo open is not sustainable and only damaging to the u.s. image. this as he renews a old campaign promise to close the camp. more than a hundred inmates are fasting on a hunger strike, some for weeks and weeks and weeks because of their incarceration without a trial. of the president needs congress on this. there are laws in place restrict being the transfer of detainees elsewhere. i ve asked my team to review everything that is currently being done in guantanamo, everything that we can do administratively, and i m going to reengage with congress to try to make the case that this is