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From the U.S. Department of State:
This information is current as of today, Fri. Jan 15, 2010.
U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Palm Harbor, is headed this week to Guantanamo Bay as part of a congressional visit to examine the detention facilities and security management. Bilirakis is a member of the Homeland Security Oversight Subcommittee and has opposed closing GITMO, as the president wants to do.
NOTE: Bilirakis is a co-sponsor of the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act, which passed the House by a vote of 412 to 12.
On Tuesday, the House overwhelmingly passed H.R. 2278 which would label certain Middle Eastern satellite providers of incendiary television programming as terrorist organizations, in an effort to prevent radical anti-Americanism from hitting the airwaves.
During a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing regarding Afghnistan strategy today, Gus questioned General Stanley McChrystal about the need for the United States to capture Osama Bin Laden.
On Tuesday night, President Obama set forth a new course for United States engagement in Afghanistan. After the speech, Gus had the following reaction: