[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 86 (Monday, June 17, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H3671]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   GITMO UNIVERSITY ON THE CARIBBEAN

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, ``English as a second language,'' 
``Pashto to English,'' ``Arabic to English,'' ``art,'' ``life skills,'' 
``computers,'' ``personal health and wellness,'' ``finance and 
business''--sounds like courses at a swanky New England university, but 
these are just a few classes offered at Gitmo University on the 
Caribbean.
  That's not all.
  These terrorists get training in resume writing and interviewing. Are 
they going someplace? And what do they put on that resume--
``professional bomb maker''?
  If they get bored with classes, they can meander over to the 
``detainee library'' with its 17,000 books, video games and CDs.
  More still.
  Terrorists have access to the fancy, new taxpayer-funded $750,000 
soccer field--play volleyball, basketball, table tennis, and even 
foosball. Lastly, they get cultural religious training--ironic since 
the radicals kill in the name of religion.
  Mr. Speaker, why does the government spend millions to train and 
entertain those who kill Americans?
  However, this is just another day for the 166 terrorist trainers, 
financiers and Osama bin Laden bodyguards at Gitmo University on the 
Caribbean.
  And that's just the way it is.

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