The subject was President Trump’s tweets about terrorism suspects released from the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. Trump attacked over the number of detainees that he said were released during the Obama administration and again took up militancy. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer did something Tuesday he doesn’t often do from the briefing room podium: correct the president. “Obviously the president meant in totality the number that had been released,” Spicer said when asked if the White House would correct the president’s comments. The segment made no distinction between the number of detainees who had reengaged under the Bush and Obama administrations.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 07, 2017 21:04 UTC