Posts Tagged ‘Republican Senator’

US Counterterrorism Czar John Brennan Continues His Battles With Republicans

Counterterrorism Czar Brennan Draws Fire for Comments on Gitmo Recidivism — ABC News

Comments by John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, at the Islamic Center at New York University on Saturday, are drawing fire and have prompted at least one call for his resignation by a Republican senator.

At one point, Brennan was asked about a recent assessment from the intelligence community that 20 percent of detainees transferred from Guantanamo are confirmed or suspected of recidivist activity, as Brennan confirmed in a letter to Congress earlier this month.

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More News On John Brennan And His Battles With Republicans

‘We need no lectures’: Administration disrupts terrorists’ plots, takes fight to them abroad. — John Brennan, USA Today
John Brennan: 20 Percent Terrorist Recidivism Rate ‘Not Bad’ — USA Today
Jones: Return Rate of Terrorists to Battlefield is ‘Never Going to Be Zero’ — FOX News
White House defends counter terrorism aide — News.com.au
GOP, White House go to war over terrorism — Politico
Graham: Brennan has “lost my confidence” – Politico
Senator Bond Not Apologizing to WH, Brennan — CBS
Kit Bond Continues Assault over Terror Probe, Wants Brennan Fired — CBS News

My Comment: When John Brennan accused the Republicans of serving ‘the Goals of Al Qaeda‘ ….

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Politics As Usual In Washington

No peace prizes here: US marines fight Taliban forces in Helmand. Photo: Reuters

Partisan Divide Persists On US Troop Surge For Afghanistan — Breitbart/AFP

US Republican Senator John McCain warned Sunday that a failure to dispatch more US troops to Afghanistan would be “an error of historic proportions” but Democrats expressed caution about any surge.

“I think the great danger now is not an American pullout,” McCain told CNN television.

“I think the great danger now is a half-measure…

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Military Warns Against Detainee Transfers

The sun rises on June 6 over Camp Delta detention compound, which has housed foreign prisoners since 2002, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S.

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