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Transcript: SENATOR FEINSTEIN INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO CLOSE DETENTION FACILITY AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA
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- Capitol Hill Press Releases
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- April 30, 2007
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Capitol Hill Press Releases
04-30-2007
For Immediate Release: Senator Feinstein Introduces Legislation to Close
Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Contact: Scott Gerber 202/224-9629
April 30, 2007 Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
introduced legislation today to close the Department of Defense detention
facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within one year of the bill's enactment.
It is the first measure introduced in the Senate to close the Guantanamo
Bay detention facility. Senator Feinstein, a member of the Senate Intelligence
Committee, is deeply concerned that open-ended detentions and documented
reports of detainee abuse at Guantanamo Bay have tarnished America's ...