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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Great Britain and Guantanamo Bay

Fox News

Great Britain and several other nations have been highly critical of the U.S. terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay — the British foreign secretary last week demanded that it be closed — but it turns out that almost no one — including Great Britain — will take in the prisoners that these nations want to see released.

The Washington Post reports British officials rejected a U.S. offer to transfer 10 former British residents back to the U.K. And The Post says virtually every country in Europe has refused to either grant asylum to Guantanamo prisoners or take them into custody.

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