For Immediate Release
“Barack Obama has chosen to end his presidency the same way he began it–aiding America’s enemies.”
Cheyenne, WY: This evening Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) released the following statement on President Obama’s commutation of Chelsea Manning and the transfer of Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard from Guantanamo Bay:
“President Obama has commuted the sentence of a traitor who leaked thousands of classified documents, putting our national security and our men and women in uniform at risk. Documents provided to Wikileaks were used by Osama bin Laden to gain information on the U.S. battle plan in Afghanistan. Today we also learned President Obama recently released one of Osama bin Laden’s bodyguards from Guantanamo. Barack Obama has chosen to end his presidency the same way he began it–aiding America’s enemies.”
Contact: Joe Jackson: joseph.jackson@mail.house.gov
Contact: Joe Jackson: joseph.jackson@mail.house.gov
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