Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility

Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins, whose congressional district includes Leavenworth County, and Congressman Mike Pompeo, a Republican from the Wichita area, both oppose transferring the detainees from Cuba to the U.S.mainland.

The Pentagon sent President Obama a $600 million proposal for closing the facility that he rejected due to cost. Representative Jenkins says he should have accepted it.

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