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Closing Guantanamo

Repealing the 2001 AUMF and respecting congressional war powers Reducing the Pentagon budget Engaging with Iran Engaging with North Korea Supporting a just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Opposing regime-change interventions and broad-based sanctions Rejecting discriminatory immigration policies and supporting refugees Closing Guantanamo Ending support for governments that violate human rights Prioritizing diplomacy and avoid militarizing our relations with other powers such as Russia and China INITIAL SIGNATORIES OF THIS LETTER
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The Guantanamo Bay Detention Center has been a stain on our nation’s conscience and the most effective recruitment tool used by violent extremists.  We call on you to commit to using any and all options within existing authority to seek lawful disposition for the remaining individuals at the detention center and close Guantanamo once and for all. The long-defunct CIA detention and interrogation program, and at minimum the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture, needs to be declassified, promulgated internally to reaffirm torture’s illegality, and made publicly available.