Friday, May 22, 2009
Guantánamo Closure Delayed
By a margin of 90-6, the Senate voted down funding to relocate the 240 inmates being held at Guantánamo Bay to facilities on American soil. What do you think?
Martha DePrima,
Systems Analyst
"Maybe if we leave it open just one more week, we'll find out if they did it."
Ulrich Schuknecht,
Unemployed
"You don't close a detention camp. You make it bigger and spikier."
Dan Everson,
Saddle Stitcher
"What a relief. Next to death and divorce, moving is the most painful thing in the world."
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The outspoken CNN anchor announced Wednesday that he was resigning, effective immediately. What do you think?