then this month, about a week and a half ago, that excellent military lawyer who worked successfully only remarkable case, he died. he died at the age of 44. he leaves behind a wife who is a navy lawyer. he leaves behind their 12-year-old son. commander keebler will be buried at the u.s. naval academy after tomorrow s service. 44 years old when he died. now, when guantanamo was in the news, it is usually about trying to close it or maybe it is something about one of the prisoners being held at guantanamo. this is neither of those stories. this is about the commander s death from cancer. and several other people s deaths and a number of people who have recently gotten very sick. and this is something that could be coincidence, it could be a random occurrence but it also could be very scary. the navy has announced that they
there is going to be a funeral tomorrow at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis. and a funeral is always bad news for someone. but this is a particularly very, very sad case. you might remember the legal case of omar, the youngest person held at guantanamo. they picked him up in afghanistan when he was 15. they then held him for a decade. in that case he was pointed a defense lawyer. a military lawyer who was instructed to give him the best legal defense possible. when the military assigned a lawyer for him they picked a good one. a lieutenant xlanlder in the u.s. navy. he was dogged and serious in mounding the defense. ultimately his defense strategy how omar was finally released from gaunlt after a decade. he got out in 2012. then this month, about a week and a half ago, that excellent military lawyer who worked successfully only remarkable case, he died. he died at the age of 44.
there is going to be a funeral tomorrow at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis. and a funeral is always bad news for someone. but this is a particularly very, very sad case. you might remember the legal case of omar, the youngest person held at guantanamo. they picked him up in afghanistan when he was 15. they then held him for a decade. in that case he was pointed a defense lawyer. a military lawyer who was instructed to give him the best legal defense possible. when the military assigned a lawyer for him they picked a good one. a lieutenant commander in the u.s. navy. he was dogged and serious in mounding the defense. ultimately his defense strategy how omar was finally released after a decade. he got out in 2012.
trial. i ve been a military lawyer for 33 years and members of al qaeda can be detained as long as they are a threat to the nation without a trial. he wants to fight a crime, i m fighting a war. big difference. let s turn to the nuclear talks with iran. president obama made news this week when he seemed to indicate he would be willing to lift sanctions faster than seem to have been agreed to in the framework deal instead of waiting until the iran has implemented all of the restrictions in the deal. here s what president obama had to say. our main concern here is making sure that if iran doesn t abide by its agreement, that we don t have to jump through a whole bunch of hoops in order to reinstate sanctions. senator, what do you think of that? what some people are rating
i have been a military lawyer for 33 years and member of al-qaeda or their afill affiliate can be detained if they are a threat without a trial. he wants to fight a crime i am fighting a war. big difference. turning now to the nuclear talks with iran. president obama made some news this week when he indicated he would be willing to lift sanctions faster than seemed to have been agreed to the in framework deal rather than waiting until we the iran implementing all of the restrictions. shear what president obama said. our main concern here is making sure that if iran doesn t abide by the agreement we don t have to jump through a whole budge of hoops to re-instate sanctions. senator, what do you think of that? some people are reading this as another concession to the iranians?