We Must Build A Sustainable Military Arsenal, Defense Official

General Counsel for the Department of Defense Jeh Johnson says that America needs a sustainable military arsenal to combat terrorism. (0:23)

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Reforming Detainee Trials Not A Sign Of Weakness, Says Sen. Graham

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) argues that the U.S. is lacking a hybrid military and civilian process that would legitimize the trial of detainees. Sen. Graham also says that it is important that detainees are not isolated from the judicial system, but face review periodically to determine their status as to whether they will be released, tried or detained. He says that the effort to reform how detainees are tried is not soft on terror, but applies American values to the ongoing war. (0:45)
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Terrorists Do Not Deserve Constitutional Rights, Says Sen. Lieberman

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I- Conn.) warns that allowing detainees the right to a civilian trial would be affording them rights they simply do not deserve. While their acts of terrorism can be seen as acts of murder, said Lieberman, they are also acts of war and should be treated as such. (0:23)


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Manning: Uyghur Detainees Unlawfully Being Held at Gitmo

By Courtney Ann Jackson- Talk Radio News Service

Defense attorney Susan Baker Manning explains the background of the Uyghur men being held at Guantanamo Bay and refutes many of the rumors circulating about their intentions. (1:54)
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Manning: "These are innocent men"

By Courtney Ann Jackson- Talk Radio News Service

Talk Radio News Service interviewed, Susan Baker Manning, defense attorney for 6 of the 17 Uyghur detainees at Guantanamo Bay about why she believes the men should be released immediately. The men were exonerated by the military, the Bush administration and the courts but have been held for six years at Guantanamo. (0:58)
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Barrasso: No Place For Gitmo Detainees On U.S Soil

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) questions where the government could place the Guantanamo Bay detention facility detainees. Barrasso explains that only Montana has accepted to received these detainees, but ultimately no one wants these detainees placed on American soil (0:41)
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Who Will Take The Guantanamo Detainees?

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

This was a point raised today by the former United Kingdom Secretary of Defense, Rt. Hon Des Browne Mp, in a discussion on "Transatlantic Security Post-Bush," at the Center for American Progress. Mr Browne talked about the need for other European countries to take Guantanamo prisoners.


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We're stuck on Guantanamo

During a hearing on the Defense Department, Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) asks about a Defense investigation into closing Guantanamo Bay and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says that the investigation is stalled. (0:41)
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Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell speaks about an incident involving Iraqi detainees during a press conference at the Pentagon.

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell speaks about a U.S. Army investigation into an incident last year,  involving the deaths of up to six Iraqi detainees, who are believed to have been killed on the battlefield after being detained by U.S. soldiers. (0:35)
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