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Arrogant Obama flouts the law again

By Washington Examiner
Published October 5, 2016 4:01am ET
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Arrogant Obama flouts the law again
President Obama's arrogance shines through each time he issues an executive order or action that places his personal will above the law — above the immigration laws, above Iran sanctions laws and above the requirement that he receive congressional approval before or shortly after starting a war. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) | Charles Rex Arbogast

Members of Kansas’ congressional delegation wrote an angry letter to Defense Secretary Ash Carter last Friday.

The Pentagon, they charged, secretly spent money to identify potential sites where prisoners now being held at Guantanamo Bay could be imprisoned on American soil. One of the sites studied was Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

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