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[ applause ] so, let me finish, ma'am. so today -- so today, once again, today -- i'm about to address it, ma'am, but you've got to let me speak. i'm about to address it. let me address it. why don't you let me address it, ma'am. why don't you sit down and i will tell you exactly what i'm going do do. thank you, ma'am. thank you. thank you. ma'am, thank you. you should let me finish my sentence. today, i once again call on congress to lift the restrictions on detainee transfers from gitmo. i have ask ed -- i have asked te

When i ran for president the first time john mccain supported closing gitmo. this was a bipartisan issue. no person has ever escaped one of our super mats or security in the united states, ever. our courts have convicted hundreds of people for terrorism. or terrorism related defenses, including some folks who are more dangerous than most gitmo detainees. they're in our prisons. and given my administration's relentless pursuit of al qaeda's leadership there is no justification beyond politics for congress to prevent us from closing a facility that should have never been opened. today -- so --