Tag: Barack Obama

Congress is going to have to decide ultimately whether this plan moves forward and in what shape, but we think we presented them with a pathway, a range of options,? Peter Cook said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Pentagon to Congress: You figure out Gitmo

Jacqueline Klimas · February 23, 2016 9:00 pm

The GOP has pounced on Biden's comments in 1992, when as a senator he argued against presidents making or senators considering Supreme Court nominees until "after the political campaign season is over." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

White House to GOP: Do as Biden did, not as he said

Nicole Duran · February 23, 2016 8:16 pm

"It is against the law, and it will stay against the law, to transfer terrorist detainees to American soil," Paul Ryan said in a statement issued Tuesday. "We will not jeopardize our national security over a campaign promise." (AP Photo)

National Security

Ryan: Obama’s Gitmo plan swaps security for a campaign pledge

Susan Ferrechio · February 23, 2016 7:17 pm

Sanders' comments come as Clinton continues to accuse him of not fully supporting the president. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Sanders challenges Clinton on Gitmo closing

Ariel Cohen · February 23, 2016 5:36 pm

Lawmakers have repeatedly passed legislative provisions banning transfers from Guantanamo. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

National Security

GOP calls on Obama to ‘abandon’ Gitmo closure plan

Susan Ferrechio · February 23, 2016 5:33 pm

Rubio: Obama’s Guantanamo plan ‘makes no sense’

Al Weaver · February 23, 2016 4:57 pm

Obama wants to ‘close this chapter’ on Gitmo

Susan Crabtree · February 23, 2016 4:11 pm

To say that "he identifies with the experience of black Americans, I think is a bit of a stretch," Carson said. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Ben Carson: Obama was ‘raised white’

Kelly Cohen · February 23, 2016 3:38 pm

McConnell: Obama’s Gitmo plan is ‘illegal’

Susan Ferrechio · February 23, 2016 3:25 pm

The Obama administration will release its plan to close Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

National Security

Gitmo closure plan would bring detainees to U.S., save $65M-85M a year

Jacqueline Klimas · February 23, 2016 3:01 pm

"Today it's clear: the president's decisions worked," National Economic Council Director Jeffrey Zients wrote in a blog post. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama to tout 2009 stimulus in Florida

Joseph Lawler · February 23, 2016 5:01 am

The president's new budget proposes to add a $10 tax on every barrel of oil to fund green transportation initiatives. (Bloomberg/Ty Wright)

The energy tax president

Robert Bradley · February 23, 2016 5:01 am