41 Gitmo detainees left
Four more Gitmo detainees are gone.
Click here for reuse options!The U.S. military will transfer four more detainees out of Guantanamo Bay this week ahead of President Obama’s final day in office, two U.S. officials with knowledge of the transfers tell Fox News.
Three detainees will be sent to the United Arab Emirates, and one will be sent to Saudi Arabia, on two separate military flights, the officials said.
After the transfers are complete, 41 detainees will remain at the detention camp. It is not immediately known if any more transfers will take place before Obama leaves office Friday, though it is clear the outgoing president will not achieve his 2008 campaign goal of shuttering the camp.
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to end detainee transfers from Gitmo after taking office.
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arc99 January 19th, 2017 at 17:49
Where are all the right wing deficit hawks questioning the expenditure of millions of taxpayer dollars to incarcerate 41 people?
Based on what I have read, the cost to imprison these 41 people will approach a half billion dollars in the coming fiscal year. Divide a half billion by 41 to get the cost per inmate.
fahvel January 20th, 2017 at 01:29
after all the years and the millions(billions) spent on holding these people, what has been accomplished and what has been deterred?
Bunya January 20th, 2017 at 13:47
I’m disappointed in Obama. He should have closed gitmo and pardoned Don Siegelman before he left office.