Sanders, Clinton both back Obama’s Guantanamo plan ahead of South Carolina vote
  • 8 years ago
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton agreed on at least one thing in a town hall session Tuesday: Both said they back President Obama's plan to close the U.S. military prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
"I think the president is right," Sanders said during a CNN forum hours after Obama presented a plan to finally close the prison -- a campaign promise from seven years ago that has gone unfulfilled.
“We look like hypocrites and fools to the entire world," Sanders said.
“We have locked people up on an island, and I think that has hurt us all over the world.”
Clinton also said she supports Obama's plan, which would require the transfer of some prisoners to U.S. soil.
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