Democrats leave Gitmo closing money out of bill

The more time that we delay in putting together an effective plan to move Gitmo detainees out of Cuba, the worse off we are going to be once President Obama's one year deadline hits. Personally, I do not really want detainees in my home state for the fact that they could induce terrorism in the U.S. that has not been able to occur at the base in Cuba. However, I understand that if we do not find a place for them to go then we are going to be in big trouble not only from a public relations standpoint, but also from a national security point of view. For better or worse, the deadline that the President set is now becoming an issue of concern to both parties and the lack of funding being made available for the effort is going to make it very hard for the President. In the scope of things I am not even sure the $50 million the President asked for was enough to secure facilities or ease security concerns, but now that his request has been rejected there is no way that we will be prepared to deal with the costs of moving detainees to the U.S. or other countries without a change in Congressional action. Republicans if they play this right will have a position to stand on in the next election and get a rise out of the national security conservatives around the country.