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Transcript: SKELTON: FORT LEAVENWORTH NOT AN APPROPRIATE OPTION FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
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- Capitol Hill Press Releases
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- August 10, 2009
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Capitol Hill Press Releases
08-10-2009
For Immediate Release Skelton: Fort Leavenworth Not An Appropriate Option
for Guantanamo Detainees Contact: Lara Battles 202-225-2539 August 10,
2009 Lexington, Missouri -- House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike
Skelton (D-MO) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressing
serious concerns regarding the consideration of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
as a potential site for detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Skelton, a long-time advocate for Professional Military Education, raised
concerns that a number of Muslim countries would stop sending students
to the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth if Guantanamo
detainees ...
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