奥巴马要求国会同意关闭关塔那摩监狱_时事

奥巴马要求国会同意关闭关塔那摩监狱

奥巴马在任7年以来，一直未能说服国会帮他关闭这座监狱。美国国会已通过法令，禁止政府将关塔那摩监狱关押的囚犯转至美国境内。大多数共和党总统竞选人都发誓要继续设立这座监狱。

In urging Congress to work with his administration, Mr Obama on Tuesday said he was “clear-eyed about the hurdles to finally closing Guantánamo”. To make his case, he argued that his predecessor, George W Bush, had wanted to close the site. He also stressed that the military commissions being used to try 10 detainees — including alleged 9/11 mastermind Khaled Sheikh Mohammed — at Guantánamo had not produced “a single verdict”.

周二，奥巴马在劝说国会与政府合作时表示，他“对最终关闭关塔那摩监狱面临的障碍有着清楚的认识”。为了证明自己的观点，他指出他的前任小布什(George W Bush)也曾想关闭这一场所。奥巴马还强调，用来审判10名关塔那摩监狱囚犯（其中包括涉嫌策划了“九一一”事件的哈立德谢赫穆罕默德(Khaled Sheikh Mohammed)）的特别军事法庭连“一个判决”都没有做出。

Mr Obama argued that the site, which last year cost $450m to run, was a big financial drain.Tackling claims that it would pose a threat to US security or complicate efforts to try the detainees, he pointed out that federal courts have already convicted terrorists such as Richard Reid, the shoe bomber.