in this first round. in particular, comment on where this began with the chairman s statement. the chairman said at the outset of the hearing that the american people are entitled to the truth. the truth about what happened in benghazi, the truth about the security there, the truth about what happened after the attack. the implication of this of course is that the american people don t know the truth, that this is the first investigation we have ever had. the reality is we have had eight investigations. we have gone through this endlessly. and if you just look at the document, we have the a.r.b. report, we have the report of the armed services committee led by republican buck mckeen which debunked the stand-down order allegation. we have the report of the committee on government reform. we have the report of the senate homeland security committee.
defense authorization act requires the secretary of defense to notify the appropriate committees of congress of the determination of the secretary not later than 30 days before the transfer or release of the individual. in other words, congress needs a month s heads up before releasing guantanamo prisoners. the president himself has pointed to that same provision before suggesting that is what s stopping him from closing guantanamo. this needs to be the year congress lifts the remaining restrictions on detainee transfers and we close the prison at guantanamo bay, because we counterterrorism not just through intelligence and military actions but by remaining true to our constitutional ideals and setting an example for the rest of the world. those restrictions were pretty clearly overridden by the white house s own admission in securing the release of bowe bergdahl. buck mckeen and senator james inhofe believe in executing this transfer the president clearly violated laws.
appropriate committees of congress of the determination of the secretary not later than 30 days before the transfer or release of the individual. in other words, congress needs a month s heads up before releasing guantanamo prisoners. the president himself has pointed to that same provision before suggesting that is what s stopping him from closing guantanamo. this needs to be the year congress lifts the remaining restrictions on detainee transfers and we close the prison at guantanamo bay, because we counterterrorism not just through intelligence and military actions but by remaining true to our constitutional ideals and setting an example for the rest of the world. those restrictions were pretty clearly overridden by the white house s own admission in securing the release of bowe bergdahl. buck mckeen and senator james inhofe believe in executing this transfer the president clearly violated laws. so did the president break the law or was he, as defense
it was plainly in violation of the law. a provision requires the secretary of defense to, quote, officer in the appropriate committees of congress of a determination of the secretary not later than 30 days before the transfer or release of the individual. in other words, congress needs a month s heads up before releasing guantanamo prisoners. the president has pointed to that provision before suggesting that is what is stopping him from closing guantanamo. this needs to be the year congress lifts the remaining restricts or detainee transfers and we close the prison at guantanamo bay. because we counterterrorism not just through intelligence and military actions but by remaining true to our constitutional ideals, and setting an example for the rest of the world. those restrictions were clearly overridden. buck mckeen and senator james inhofe believed, quote, in executing this transfer the
election year and a way to try to get folks on the left back on his side when it comes to foreign policy. martha: we ll see what he says this morning. chris, thank you very much. reporter: the head of the house armed services committee buck mckeen, one of the many critics of the plan saying quote holding this mission to an arbitrary egg timer doesn t make a lick of sense strategically. buck mckeon is with us next. . this is his view of the world and his view of how he sees america s view in the world. martha: a scathing editorial in the post saying you took the troops to zero in iraq and look what happened. you said we wouldn t allow the red line to be crossed in syria