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Colorado: Cuba

May 21, 2009 - 10:21 am
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

Senate votes no on Gitmo

By Michael Riley

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday resoundingly rejected an effort to spend $80 million to close the Guantanamo Bay prison and relocate the terrorism suspects, possibly to U.S. prisons.

Considered a setback for President Barack Obama and his pledge to close the prison by January, the vote ended a day of crossed signals and Democratic infighting, including a dust-up between California Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Colorado lawmakers.

The future of the detention facility at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has Democrats increasingly on the defensive over the fates of the 240 terrorism suspects detained there.

In a floor speech before Wednesday's 90-7 Senate vote, Feinstein said she knew of one federal facility

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that would be a perfect fit — Supermax prison in Florence, Colo.

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March 7, 2009 - 11:24 am
NEWS FEED: ColoradoPols.com

Tom Stone Works Springs GOP Dinner

By Colorado Pols

The Colorado Statesman reports on last week's El Paso County GOP Lincoln Day dinner, laying the scene for a rare treat: press coverage of Dick Wadhams' opponent for Chairman of the Colorado Republican Party.
More than 300 Republicans attended the $80-a-plate dinner at the Antlers Hilton, where they dined on chicken breasts in Marsala wine sauce, sang patriotic songs and nodded their heads in agreement with speeches that ridiculed Obama's economic recovery plan as socialistic voodoo.

As Obama inspired the majority of Americans for "change" in the election last year, the Democrats are inadvertently unifying Republicans in their march toward the next political battle.

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January 26, 2009 - 07:44 pm
NEWS FEED: Rocky Mountain News

Possible Gitmo transfer to Colo. spurs protest

By Lynn Bartels

Republican lawmakers on Friday signed petitions protesting a possible transfer of Guantanamo Bay prisoners to Colorado, saying the state shouldn't be a dumping ground for terrorists.

"The type of terrorists these would be, I'd be ill at ease if I lived in Florence or Canon City or Pueblo West," said Republican Sen. Ken Kester of Las Animas. "I don't think we need 200 or 300 terrorists in Colorado. They will infiltrate the other convicts that are there."

President Barack Obama announced Thursday he would close the Guantanamo Bay prison, located on an American naval base in Cuba, that has held suspected terrorists since the start of the war in Iraq.

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