The addresses amount to the most direct engagement so far between Barack Obama and conservative critics like Dick Cheney. (Photos by AP).From The Politico:
President Barack Obama will attempt to regain control of a boiling debate over anti-terrorism policy with a major speech on Thursday — an address that comes on the same day that former Vice President Dick Cheney will be weighing in with his own speech on the same theme.
The dueling speeches amount to the most direct engagement so far between Obama and his conservative critics in the volatile argument over what tactics are justified in detaining and interrogating suspected enemy combatants.
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My Comment: With Congress deciding not to budget the funds necessary for the closing down of Guantanamo, and with the FBI Director voicing his concerns on holding Guantanamo inmates on U.S. soil .... President Obama's anti-terrorism strategy is on shaky grounds.
My prediction .... by this time next year Guantanamo will still be open, and this debate will still be going on .... but Vice President Cheney's recommendations on what should be done will still be followed.