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1 Center for American Progress |  Guantanamo: America’s $5 Billion Folly Guantanamo: America’ s $ 5 Billion Folly By Ken Gude December 3, 2013 Over he pas hree years, Congress has ocused unprecedene d atenion on reducing ederal spending and cuting he defici. Tis myopia has pushed he counry rom crisis o crisis, slashed ederal domesic and deense programs in ways ha were purposeully designed o be unaccepable, caused real hardship or many American amilies, and severely damaged he U.S. economy.  Y e du ring his perio d o fiscal aus eriy , Co ngre ss has chos en o was e nearly $1.5 billion on he pri son in Guananamo Bay , even hough he U.S. miliary and inelligence commu- niy have concluded ha i i s unnecessary and sraegically harmul o he Unied Saes. 1  Tese saisics, which are mainly rom he Deparmen o Deense, or DOD, comprol- ler, are deailed and analyzed in his issue brie. In he examinaion o miliar y expenses a Guananam o, a number o surpri sing acs are revealed: • Since Congress decided o pursue auseriy in 2011, i has chosen o spend a leas $1.42 billion on he mission a Guananamo, alhough i could have been accom- plished or jus $29.9 million. • Te Unied Sae s could save $3.73 billion in he nex 10-year budge cycle by rans- erring deainees o exi sing U.S . prisons. • Simply by ranserring he 84 deainees already cleared o leave Guananamo , he Unied Sa es could save nearly $2 billion over he nex 10 years. • Te raio o saff o deainees a Guananamo is 15 imes greaer han ha a he high- es-securiy prison in he Unied Saes, he Supermax prison a Florence, Colorado, despie he ac ha he Supermax holds numerous inernaional erroriss prosecued in U.S. cours.

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http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00237
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http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1197?q=%7b%22search%22%3A%5b%222014+ndaa%22
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