[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 28026]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   GUANTANAMO TERRORISTS IN NEW YORK

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, people all over the Nation are upset and 
angry about five of the Guantanamo terrorists being scheduled for trial 
in New York.
  This is happening only because President Obama issued an executive 
order in the early days of his administration stopping the military 
tribunal process. The Congress, both House and Senate, voted by large 
margins in 2006 to try these terrorists by military tribunals.
  This could have been done in Guantanamo, but President Obama 
overruled Congress by his executive order and the Defense and Justice 
Departments then started the process of bringing the terrorists to 
trial in this country. This will result in very large legal and 
security expenses that would not have been necessary if these men were 
tried at Guantanamo.
  To try all of these terrorists here--the first five and others 
later--creates a very unnecessary security risk for untold numbers of 
people.
  I hope President Obama will listen to the outcry of the American 
people and not continue to insist that all of these terrorists be tried 
in the United States. The families of our victims deserve better.

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