Why filling Gitmo with ‘bad dudes’ could require a new war authorization

Published December 30, 2016 5:01am ET



President-elect Trump may need to work with Congress to pass a new war authorization if he plans to make good on his pledge to fill Guantanamo Bay with “some bad dudes.”

Trump will take office with about 30 detainees at the military prison in Cuba, with President Obama having failed to live up to his campaign promise to close the detention center. And Trump has said that the doors will stay open.

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