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Sen. McConnell made the following statement Wednesday regarding the Obama administration’s decision to import a foreign terrorist into New York.

Yesterday afternoon, we learned that over the weekend a Somali terrorist, who had been held and interrogated on a U.S. Navy ship for the past two and half months, has been flown to New York to face criminal charges in a civilian court. I strongly disagree with this decision.

Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame is a foreign enemy combatant. He should be treated as one; he should be sitting in a cell Guantanamo Bay, and eventually be tried before a military commission. Warsame is an admitted terrorist.

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