WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Armed Services Committee member, joined a letter led by Senator James Lankford (R-OK) to President Joe Biden requesting a status update on his plans for continuing to detain terrorists at U.S. facilities in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
“In light of the recent decision to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, we anticipate your team is also developing a clear path forward to maintain GTMO operations, which are supported by a bipartisan congressional majority and most Americans,” the senators wrote. “While there were reasonable arguments for transferring and repatriating some low-risk detainees under your predecessors, we all agree that relocating the remaining 40 individuals or closing the facility would create an unnecessary risk. We must avoid repeating past mistakes and ensure GTMO detainees are brought to justice.”
Senators Cramer and Lankford are joined on the letter by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).
Click here to read the letter.