Catherine Cortez Masto Statement on Guantanamo Bay

Statement

Former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto released the following statement on the Administration's plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility:

"As Nevada's Attorney General, keeping our citizens safe was my top priority. That's why I cannot support President Obama's plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp that could lead to detainees -- including the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks -- being transferred to American soil. I believe that Congress must continue to have a role in this process and that any decision of this magnitude should be arrived at in a bipartisan manner. The safety of the American people comes before partisan politics."

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