GOP Leader Blog
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Americans Increasingly Alarmed at Administration’s Lack of Strategy for Defeating Terrorist Threat
Posted by
Kevin Boland
on
August 25, 2009
Since President Obama first signed off on an ill-conceived plan to close the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in January with no alternative in place, to signals that the Administration has dropped the phrase "War on Terror", to recent actions undermining the men and women of the CIA, the American people have been increasingly concerned about the Administration's strategy to defeat terrorists abroad and protect the American homeland. A new Rasmussen poll released today indicates that Americans are more worried than ever that the President may bring terrorists to American shores: "Seventy-five percent (75%) of U.S. voters are at least somewhat concerned that dangerous terrorists will be set free if the Guantanamo prison camp is closed and some prisoners are transferred to other countries." After the President was denied the funds to unilaterally close Guantanamo Bay and potentially import terrorists into the United States by a strong bipartisan majority, House Republicans introduced the Keep Terrorists Out of America Act, which gives Members of Congress an opportunity to stand with the American people by affirming their opposition to releasing or bringing the terrorists at Guantanamo Bay prison into the United States; makes clear that governors and state legislatures must pre-approve the transfer or release of any terrorist detainee into their respective states; and requires the President to meet strict criteria and certification standards before terrorists housed at the Guantanamo prison could be brought to the United States. As House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) asked earlier this year in a web video: "What is the Administration's overarching plan to take on the terrorist threat and to keep America safe?" Unfortunately, the President and his Democratic allies in Congress haven't been able to answer that fundamental question.
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