federal pen tinch itentiary. when when the war on drugs started, there were less than 50,000. today, there are 2.2 million. disproportionally black and latino. it s a stain on our democracy. you decided we re going to reach out, try to get the bill done. what s the best thing b about the bill. i m going to hit you with the criticisms. the most important thing is that it would authorize a quarter of a billion dollars over a five year period of time to create the type of reentry programming, access to education, geds, community college, mental health, counseling, substance abuse treatment. the types of things that have been proven to reduce resit viz m, save taxpayer dollars and really provide the hope and opportunity that should exist in the united states of america for everyone.
the kinds of detainees that would been held, do you think there would be a sense in the pentagon that the kind of political decision ought to be resissed? the mail tear is the least of my concerns. first off, we have the greatest military in the world. the one concern that i ve heard expressed is the potential for resit viz m and it is certain that if we release those detainees that have been already designated for relouis that we ve had a certain percentage in the past that have gone back to the fight. but our military is the best in the world and is fully capable of finding those that elect to go back to doing bad things. quite candidly, the military was not designed to be jailers. we fight our nation s battles. we re ready to see guantanamo closed down. i m speaking for myself, but