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Senators block Obama nominees, protest Guantanamo
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The U.S. Disciplinary Barracks borders farmland as it sits on the north edge of Fort Levenworth in Leavenworth, Kan. on Monday, Aug. 3, 2009.
WASHINGTON — Kansas' two U.S. senators are blocking 10 of President Barack Obama's nominees for senior administration posts at the Pentagon and Justice Department in protest over a proposal to house Guantanamo detainees at the Fort Leavenworth prison.
The list of blocked nominees includes a fellow Republican member of Congress — Obama's pick for Army secretary, Rep. John McHugh of New York.
Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts, both R-Kan., said Thursday that they are prepared to block the appointments until they get answers from the White House about the proposal. And they said they want Leavenworth taken off the list of potential relocation spots.
The senators were reacting to reports that the administration is eyeing the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Leavenworth and a soon-to-be-shuttered state maximum security prison in Michigan as possible places to establish a heavily guarded site to hold the 229 suspected al-Qaida, Taliban and foreign fighters now jailed at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.
Officials outlined the plans earlier this week on condition of anonymity because the options are under review, and the White House has not confirmed the proposal.
The plan is the latest effort to comply with President Barack Obama's order to close Guantanamo by Jan. 22, 2010.
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