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June 29, 2005

Detainee Operations

The House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on detainee operations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Representative Hunter, in his opening stat… read more

The House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on detainee operations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Representative Hunter, in his opening statement, spoke about the bipartisan trip to Cuba. He said that they did not see “the gulag of our times,” but a world-class detention facility. Witnesses testified about the medical facilities, nutrition, and legal representation that detainees receive at Guantanamo.

The witnesses were: Brigadier General Jay Hood, Commander, Joint Task Force Guantanamo; Command Sergeant Major Anthony Mendez, U.S. Army, Joint Detention Group, Joint Task Force Guantanamo; and Commander Cary Ostergaard, U.S. Navy, Detainee Hospital Commander, Joint Task Force Guantamo. close

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Todd Akin U.S. Representative [R] Missouri
Robert Andrews U.S. Representative [D] New Jersey

Madeleine Bordallo Congressional Delegate [D] Guam
Dan Boren U.S. Representative [D] Oklahoma
G.K. Butterfield U.S. Representative [D] North Carolina
Ken Calvert U.S. Representative [R] California
Mike Conaway U.S. Representative [R] Texas
Susan Davis U.S. Representative [D] California
Thelma D. Drake U.S. Representative [R] Virginia
Trent Franks U.S. Representative [R] Arizona
Joel Hefley U.S. Representative [R] Colorado
Jay Hood Brigadier General Guantanamo Bay Naval Station->Detainee Task force
Duncan Lee Hunter U.S. Representative [R] California
John Kline U.S. Representative [R] Minnesota
Jim Langevin U.S. Representative [D] Rhode Island
Kendrick Meek U.S. Representative [D] Florida
Anthony Mendez Command Sergeant Major U.S. Army
Cary Ostergaard Commander U.S. Navy
Silvestre Reyes U.S. Representative [D] Texas
James Saxton U.S. Representative [R] New Jersey
Joe Schwarz U.S. Representative [R] Michigan
Ike Skelton U.S. Representative [D] Missouri
Vic Snyder U.S. Representative [D] Arkansas
Ellen Tauscher U.S. Representative [D] California
Joe Wilson U.S. Representative [R] South Carolina

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Program ID:: 187411-1
Category:: House Committee
Format:: House Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Jun 30, 2005 | 12:57am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: Jul 02, 2005 | 3:04pm EDT | C-SPAN 1

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Jun 30, 2005 | 12:57am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Jun 30, 2005 | 6:45am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Jul 01, 2005 | 1:16pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Jul 02, 2005 | 3:04pm EDT | C-SPAN 1

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