CNN's Carol Costello To Medea Benjamin: People Think You're 'Rude' And 'Crazy' For Interrupting Obama (VIDEO)

"On topics from Guantánamo to drone strikes, I couldn’t let the president act as if he were some helpless official at the mercy of Congress." ~ Medea Benjamin

She's right.  

If Obama was sincere about wanting to close down Guantanamo, here are 3 things he could do without Congress:

He can appoint an official State Department Position responsible for arranging detainee transfers.

He can lift the ban on transferring detainees back to Yemen.

He can veto the National Defense Authorization Act (provisions to the bill expire on September 30th, 2013).
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