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Wilson Statement on Guantanamo Visit

June 27, 2005
On Saturday, Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) traveled with a bipartisan Congressional Delegation of sixteen lawmakers to Guantanamo to learn more about the detention facilities used to house individuals detained in the War on Terror.  Today, Congressman Wilson made the following remarks about his trip on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives: "Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, I was grateful to join a sixteen member delegation led by Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter to view the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba," said Wilson. "In the extensive briefings by Brig. Gen. Jay Hood with representatives of JAG, Naval Medicine, the FBI, and interrogators, I am convinced we have patriotic professionals conducting a humane mission to protect American families in the War on Terror. The detainee's meal was as good as any I had in my 31 years of Army Guard service, and I can see why the prisoners this year gained five pounds over last year."I urge all of my colleagues to visit the base to learn first hand of the hard-core killers who are being detained as interrogation proceeds to secure intelligence on terrorist cells. Not a single life has been lost at Guantanamo, but thousands of lives have been saved in the Middle East, Europe, and America because of information provided which enables terrorists to be arrested before they murder at random."In conclusion, God bless our Troops and we will not forget September 11th."###