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Montana Town Offers to Jail Gitmo Prisoners

HeadlineMay 27, 2009

A small town in Montana is offering to hold Guantanamo Bay prisoners, should President Obama go ahead with his vow to close the military jail. City officials in Hardin have offered up a recently built prison that has yet to house a single prisoner. Hardin is in Montana’s poorest county and had built the prison in the hopes of reviving its economy.

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