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Sunshine State News: Dennis Ross Soccer Blast - Gitmo no Place for World Cup Training
Sunshine State News: Dennis Ross Soccer Blast - Gitmo no Place for World Cup Training

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Washington, Mar 5, 2012 - Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Lakeland, is turning up the heat on the Guantanamo Bay soccer field.

The chairman of the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce announced Thursday he will introduce the “None of Our Funds for the Interest, Exercise or Leisure of Detainees Act” (NO FIELD Act).

The bill would instruct the House Budget Committee to reduce the appropriation for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2013 by $750,000.

“If the Pentagon has $750,000 to spend on trails, soccer fields and recreational amenities for terrorists, they obviously don’t need that money. Guantanamo Bay is a detention facility for terrorists captured on the battlefield, taking up arms against American forces," Ross said in a statement...(read more)