Barack Obama made a "false charge" in his high-profile national security speech last week that the Guantanamo Bay detention facility has effectively created more terrorists, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said Sunday, calling on the White House to back up the president's argument.
"When the president said in his speech, the existence of Gitmo probably created more terrorists than ever been held there …. He meant to say that 770 people or more became terrorists because we have a prison in Guantanamo?"
Kyl, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, said on "Fox News Sunday" that Republicans have called White House spokesman Robert Gibbs and "asked for information about the charges he'd made in his speech. We haven't heard back yet. This is a false charge."
Kyl added: "It’s palpably false to suggests that the existence of Gitmo has created terrorists, yet the president gets away with that." - Politico
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