David Kretzmann » Executive Order http://davidkretzmann.com Pursuing a Free, Voluntary, Peaceful World Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:44:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Obama Oversees $40 Million Renovation of Gitmo http://davidkretzmann.com/2012/07/obama-oversees-40-million-renovation-of-gitmo/ http://davidkretzmann.com/2012/07/obama-oversees-40-million-renovation-of-gitmo/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:44:03 +0000 David Kretzmann http://davidkretzmann.com/?p=1723 Contrary to his campaign rhetoric in 2008 and one of his first Executive Orders vowing to close Guantanamo Bay within a year, President Obama is now overseeing a $40 million renovation of Gitmo.

Have people already forgotten what Obama said just five years ago?

“Why don’t we close Guantanamo and restore the right of habeas corpus, because that’s how we lead, not with the might of our military, but the power of our ideals and the power of our values. It’s time to show the world we’re not a country that ships prisoners in the dead of night to be tortured in far off countries. We’re not a country that runs prisons which locks people away without ever telling them why they’re there or what they’re charged with. We’re not a country which preaches compassion to others while we allow bodies to float down the streets of major American cities. That’s not who we are.” — Barack Obama; 2007

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Barack Obama - Guantanamo Bay

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