COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Gov. Nikki Haley is going to Washington to voice her concerns over the possible transfer of Guantanamo detainees to sites including South Carolina. The governor is among those testifying Thursday before the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee. The panel discussion is focused on implications for state and local communities if the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison is…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Gov. Nikki Haley is going to Washington to voice her concerns over the possible transfer of Guantanamo detainees to sites including South Carolina. Haley’s office says the governor is among those testifying Thursday before the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee. The panel discussion is focused on implications for state and local communities if the Guantanamo Bay,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — President Barack Obama wants to close Guantanamo Bay and it’s creating a firestorm in Congress. Monday, the president says the detention center undermines America’s national security and needs to be closed. The plan does call for transferring the remaining detainees to the U.S. and seeks nearly $500,000,000 in construction costs. It does not say where the…
(ABC News/WOLO)After sending a plan to Congress to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility this morning, President Obama stressed that the prison “undermines” the country’s national security and must be closed. “This is about closing a chapter in our history. It reflects the lessons we’ve learned since 9/11,” Obama announced as he detailed his proposal from the Roosevelt Room at…
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) — Berkeley County is on record opposing the housing of detainees from Guantanamo Bay. Local media outlets report that Berkeley County Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday opposing bringing detainees to the Consolidated Naval Brig in Hanahan. Closing the Guantanamo prison is a top priority of the Obama administration. A Defense Department team has surveyed sites…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The attorney for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was released in exchange for five Taliban detainees from Guantanamo Bay, says the soldier’s case has been referred for trial by a general court-martial. Attorney Eugene Fidell says the convening authority did not follow the advice of the preliminary hearing officer who had recommended that Bergdahl’s case be moved only…
