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transfer as an opportunity to deep end security and counter terrorism and cooperations of the united states. we welcome that and we look to facilitate that interest word exists. had the administration provided military training in exchange of taking in detainees and so to what extent and to which government. not to my knowledge, paul. ma am, that s somethin something that s something we have to talk about in a closed session. like night vision goggles or something like that. again, the negotiation of security of assurances is detailed and complex and to discuss any specifics, i have to talk to you about that in closed sessions. we are happy to do so. have the administration provided intelligent equipment or training or intelligent sharing to any government in exchange for accepting a detainee and if so to what extent and to what government? we have to talk about intelligent matter and closed session. the absence of any of these agreements would need to b ....
are not up to the job, and a diplomatic agreement to do the job is not worth the paper it is notten on if a country does have the resources, does not have the training, to keep committed terrorists from returning to the about to the battlefield. the administration has sent guantanamo terrorists to these countries anyway. andeceive this committee the american people is deeply disturbing. when given the opportunity to correct the record for the committee, they ignored us. i appreciate that the administration finally responded on tuesday, but it should not take the calling of a hearing to elicit a return letter, especially on something as consequential as this. this committee has an obligation to conduct oversight. while we have differences of opinion over guantanamo policy, i do not read anyone here finds of the administration s business acceptable. should anyone think the committee s concerns are theoretical, and specifically, i was pressing on these terrorists who had ....
the answer is no. i m not. i m not happy. but am i happy with where we re going? i m thrilled. we re supplementing things and moving things and and we re doing things that are fantastic. taking from far less really from far less important areas. the bottom line is we re building a lot of wall. shepard: that s incorrect. he s been saying it for a while now but it s not true. the facts are these. workers have replaced and repaired sections of the existing wall and fences, but so far they have not built anything new. construction is set to begin on a 14 mile extension in the rio grande valley later this month. and this just announced deal in congress could create 55 miles of new fencing and barrier. no wall. that is if it passes in congress. and if the president signs it. even then it s ten miles less than what lawmaker offered the white house last year. long before the government shut down. still, there s some wiggle room that could allow the president to add more mon ....