Republican praise and support for Obama's continuation of Patriot Act, Gitmo, NDAA

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Patriot Act:

Patriot Act Extension Signed By Obama

IM ABRAMS, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Minutes before a midnight deadline, President Barack Obama signed into law a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists.

"It's an important tool for us to continue dealing with an ongoing terrorist threat," Obama said Friday after a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

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Still, coming just a month after intelligence and military forces tracked down and killed Osama bin Laden, there was little appetite for tampering with the terrorism-fighting tools. These tools, said Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, "have kept us safe for nearly a decade and Americans today should be relieved and reassured to know that these programs will continue."

Keeping GITMO open

Obama flip-flops on Guantanamo Bay

Republican lawmakers praised the president’s order on Guantanamo, and claiming that the new executive order vindicated the much-maligned President George W. Bush. Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, stated, "I commend the Obama Administration for issuing this Executive Order," the Post reported. "The bottom line is that it affirms the Bush Administration policy that our government has the right to detain dangerous terrorists until the cessation of hostilities."

NDAA

John McCain, co-sponsor of the NDAA legislation:

"December 15, 2011

“Mr. President, I fully support the Conference Report of the National Defense Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year 2012. This yearly Authorization bill provides defense policy guidance and funding, both vital to our national security. This bill also provides the clearest indication to our men and women in uniform that the Congress cares about them and their families. In testament to the importance of this legislation, Congress has passed a Defense Authorization bill into law every year since 1961. Now is not the time to break faith with the men and women who are selflessly serving our Nation by failing to pass this Conference Report."

Partly answers the question: What would a McCain presidency have looked like?

[SixthSense]

1. What would a McCain presidency have looked like?

Pretty much the same as this one except there would be Democrats protesting it in unison.

[dionysus]

2. your shtick is stale.

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3. how would you know? n/t