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All funding for the u.s. military if he wants to even try to close guantanamo. and that's because congress is terrified and they're hoping enough men sent to that prison by george w. bush will just die there of their own accord before congress has to figure out what ought to be done with them, with this policy that they created and that they are forcing on the country now. they're not scared of something that might happen in a courtroom in a trial, in a federal prison. what they're scared of is the politics of their own vote to fix this problem that they created. because that would be hard. an...

Waiting for more of these guys to just die is not actually a policy. but congress is once again forcing president obama to veto all funding for the u.s. military if he wants to even try to close guantanamo. and that's because congress is terrified and they're hoping enough men sent to that prison by george w. bush will just die there of their own accord before congress has to figure out what ought to be done with them, with this policy that they created and that they are forcing on the country now. they're not scared of something that might happen in a courtroom in a trial, in a federal prison...

Forcing president obama to veto all funding for the u.s. military if he wants to even try to close guantanamo. and that's because congress is terrified and they're hoping enough men sent to that prison by george w. bush will just die there of their own accord before congress has to figure out what ought to be done with them, with this policy that they created and that they are forcing on the country now. they're not scared of something that might happen in a courtroom in a trial, in a federal prison. what they're scared of is the politics of their own vote to fix this problem that they created...

International standing. it lessons cooperation with our allies on counterterrorism efforts. it is a recruitment tool for extremist. it needs to be closed. >> the president said he is willing to go at it again but he also defended the actions right now of those to force feed the, what is it, 100 of the 166 detainees who are right now on that hunger strike. were you encouraged at all by what you heard yesterday? >> it was good to hear again that president is up for this challenge. there was an lot new there. but i think what is important to pull out is that this fits into his overall narrative w...

And that puts those groups that are naturally a part of a, the kind of post-assad syria we would like at a disadvantage. we've got to start leveling the playing field. >> i want to play what the president had to say about guantanamo. which you under the bush administration were very closely associated. >> i think it is critical for us to understand that guantanamo is not necessary to keep america safe. it is expensive. it is inefficient. it hurts us in terms of our international standing. it lessens cooperation with our allies on counterterrorism efforts. it is a recruitment tool for extremist...