Group pushing for Guantanamo closure, prisoner transfers, to launch ad campaign

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/63609-group-pushing-for-gitmo-closure

Several retired generals will join forces with war critics this week to support President Barack Obama’s commitment to transfer Guantanamo Bay terror suspects to the U.S. for trial.

The generals, who will remain anonymous until the campaign is formally announced Tuesday, are joining forces with VoteVets’ Jon Soltz and former Rep. Tom Andrews (D-Maine) to urge Congress to shutter the Guantanamo prison. Andrews is the director of National Campaign to Close Guantanamo.

The group plans to launch a national TV ad campaign aimed at pressuring members of Congress to support Obama’s pledge to shutter the tarnished detention facility.

The campaign comes in the wake of the defeat of a GOP-led effort in the House to block the transfer of any Guantanamo Bay detainee to U.S. soil – even for prosecution. The House voted 224-193 to allow detainees to be moved to the U.S. for trial. It came on an amendment to the $42.8 billion Homeland Security spending bill. The overall bill passed 307-114 and now moves to the Senate, where swift passage is expected.

[BuyingThyme]

1. I don't understand. Are some of the kidnap victims still

not eligible to receive trials?