Tim Scott: Congress Will ‘Use Every Weapon in Our Arsenal’ to Stop Obama From Closing Guantanamo

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said that the Republican-led Congress will "stand strong" against President Barack Obama's quest to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay

Josh Siegel, --March 5, 2016

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Sen. Tim Scott vowed Thursday that the Republican-led Congress will “stand strong and use every weapon in our arsenal” to stop President Barack Obama from closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
Scott, R-S.C., has been a leading opponent of Obama’s plan to close the facility in Cuba and has warned the president against authorizing a military prison in South Carolina as a site to house Guantanamo detainees. “I am amazed the president of the United States would even dare think to break the law of our country and send those enemy combatants to any location in this country,” Scott said during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, outside Washington, D.C. More...

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