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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

FREE BEACON: Ayotte Slams Obama’s Gitmo Transfer

Pentagon estimates at least 30 percent of Gitmo

/ AP

BY: Bill McMorris
April 19, 2016 5:00 am

New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte criticized the Obama administration for releasing nine suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay and shipping them to Saudi Arabia.
The administration transferred nine Yemeni detainees to Saudi Arabia on Saturday as part of a deal struck before President Obama’s upcoming visit to the country. Obama has made closing down the military prison that has housed hundreds of suspected terrorists during the War on Terror a priority during his last year in office.
Ayotte protested the move, saying it has “unnecessarily put Americans at increased risk.”
“With the release announced this weekend of nine Yemeni detainees to Saudi Arabia, the administration continues to dangerously release terrorists from Guantanamo and unnecessarily put Americans at increased risk in order to fulfill a misguided campaign promise—all while refusing to level with the American people regarding the detainees’ terrorist risks, activities, and affiliations,” she said in a Monday release.