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Hill visits, touts lockup in Cuba

It’s safe, secure place to hold terror perpetrators, he says

Hillary Rodham Clinton is shown in this photo.
Hillary Rodham Clinton is shown in this photo.

WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., and other House members visited the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba on a trip organized by the Army.

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Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is shown in this photo

"In my view, [Guantanamo] offers our Nation a safe and secure facility for the custody of perpetrators of terror including ruthless killers, bomb makers, the bomber of the USS Cole, and the 9/11 Five. Further, we have invested in state-of-the-art secure courtroom facilities that enable the proper adjudication of the detainees by military commission. [Guantanamo] remains a key national intelligence resource," Hill said in a statement.

2016 CANDIDATES

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is to appear today on NBC's Meet the Press. Next Saturday, she is to speak to more than 800 people at the Human Rights Campaign's meeting in Washington, D.C.

Last week, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee campaigned Tuesday and Wednesday in South Carolina.

DELEGATION VISITS

U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., met Tuesday with Arkansas students and teachers from SkillsUSA, and with Michael and Tamara Switser of Little Rock. On Wednesday, he met with members of the Enlisted Association of the Arkansas National Guard.

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., met with Ray and Cheryl Jones from Bentonville and their children. Ray Jones, who attended West Point and served in Vietnam, was in Washington for his investiture ceremony. He was named a civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army for the state of Arkansas. Cotton also met with Tyson Foods CEO Donnie Smith about country-of-origin labeling regulations.

U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., on Monday visited Paris public schools, toured Cloyes Gear and Products Inc. in Paris, and spoke with staff members at the Logan County Career Center in Paris. On Thursday, he had lunch with Rachael Pellegrino, who was his guest for Pope Francis' address to Congress. Pellegrino is a second-year medical student at Johns Hopkins University Medical School and a Hot Springs native.

U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., is to meet Monday with members of the Springdale Chamber of Commerce who are visiting Capitol Hill.

On Monday, U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., attended Take Your Legislator to School Week at Marion High School.

TERRORISM GRANTS

The University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University will receive more than $900,000 in grants from the Department of Justice to study domestic radicalization, the state's delegation announced Thursday.

UA will receive $399,531 to identify behavioral characteristics of homegrown terrorists, who evade arrest for long periods of time, to determine how their longevity affects potential recruits and the overall sustainability of larger terror groups.

ASU will receive $508,403 to study how violent domestic extremists use the Internet to organize, disseminate ideas and recruit members.

INTERNS

Crawford is accepting interns for his Washington and Jonesboro offices. Applicants must be currently enrolled at accredited universities and live in or attend school in the 1st Congressional District. The internships are unpaid.

Interested applicants can contact Allison Hicks at (870) 203-0540 or allison.hicks@mail.house.gov.

4TH DISTRICT

Westerman's staff members will travel in the 4th Congressional District this week to meet with constituents.

On Tuesday, they will stop at 8 a.m. in the Madison County Courthouse at 201 W. Main St. in Huntsville; at 9 a.m. in the Newton County Courthouse at 100 E. Court St. in Jasper; at 11:30 a.m. in the Johnson County Courthouse at 215 W. Main St. in Clarksville; at 12:30 p.m. in the Mulberry Senior Center at 406 U.S. 64 in Mulberry; and at 1:30 p.m. in the Logan County Courthouse at 25 W. Walnut St. in Paris.

On Thursday, they will stop at 8 a.m. in the Yell County Courthouse at 101 E. Fifth St. in Danville; at 10:15 a.m. in the Mansfield City Hall at 200 N. Sebascott Ave.; at 11:45 in the Scott County Courthouse at 190 W. First St. in Waldron; at 1:30 p.m. in the Polk County Courthouse at 507 Church Ave. in Mena; and at 3:30 p.m. in the Montgomery County Courthouse at 105 U.S. 270 E. in Mount Ida.

The congressman is to host a telephone town-hall meeting Tuesday from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. Residents of the 4th District can sign up to be called for the event at https://vekeo.com/event/repwesterman-19222/.

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