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Montana Town Wants to Gitmo Jobs, Gitmo Money — and Maybe Gitmo Problems

May 27, 2009/

President’s Obama’s pledge to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has created the ultimate NIMBY problem: Where will we put all the displaced detainees?

Presumably, no state in the Union would be eager to accept dozens of suspected terrorists in their backyard.

But one city — Hardin, Montana — is welcoming the detainees with open arms, according to CNN:

posted by Zach Patton

Full Story: http://13thfloor.governing.com/2009/05/montana-town-wants-to-gitmo-jobs-gitmo-money-and-maybe-gitmo-problems.html

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