July 20, 2007
Posted: July 20th, 2007 09:20 AM ET
WASHINGTON (CNN) - By an overwhelming vote, the Senate Thursday approved an amendment saying detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should not be moved to facilities inside the United States. The amendment, authored by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, passed on a 94-3 vote. It states that detainees "including senior members of al Qaeda, should not be released to American society" or transferred into "facilities in American communities and neighborhoods." "Some in Congress have actually proposed that we require the president to move terrorist detainees held at Guantanamo Bay to the continental United States and keep them here," said McConnell, R-Kentucky. "That means moving them into facilities in cities and small towns across America in states like California and Illinois and Kentucky. Well, I can guarantee you that my constituents don't want terrorists housed in their backyards in Fort Knox, Fort Wright or anywhere else within the Commonwealth. I know I don't." The amendment does not offer an opinion on the closure of Guantanamo Bay or prohibit moving terrorists elsewhere, according to a statement released by McConnell's office. Filed under: Guantanamo Bay
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