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Obama Sends Congress Plan For Closing Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility

Rebecca Lawrence February 23, 2016 America, Justice System, Terrorism

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President Barack Obama released a 17-minute statement on Tuesday and an official document outlining his plan for closing Guantanamo Bay prison. One of the President’s first foreign policy goals after taking office in January 2009 was to end the detentions at the facility on Cuban soil. Republicans in Congress have …

House Republicans Argue Against Reproductive Rights For Women With Zika Virus In Developing Nations

Rebecca Lawrence February 11, 2016 America, Crimes Against Women, Elections 2016, Health Care, International, Women's Rights

In this Jan. 26, 2016 photo, Daniele Ferreira dos Santos holds her son Juan Pedro, who was born with microcephaly, outside her house in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. Santos was never diagnosed with Zika, but she blames the virus for her sons defect and for the terrible toll it has taken on her life. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

At a congressional hearing about the Zika virus and its spread from the developing world, House GOP members spoke out against efforts to provide contraception and abortion access to women who have become infected by the viral strain known to cause severe birth defects. The $1.8 billion in emergency aid requested by …