You’re welcome: Vote shows detainees have U.S. spot to land

 
The Oklahoman Editorial
Published: October 19, 2009

We don’t know where on U.S. soil the Obama administration plans to send Guantanamo detainees slated for criminal trials, but there are 224 candidate congressional districts after a vote last week in the House of Representatives .

That’s how many House members voted against a bid to block the transfer of detainees to the United States . All five members of Oklahoma ’s delegation supported a ban ...


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