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      <excerpt>...members informed him that he had received 10 calls just today &#8212; all of them opposed to housing detainees at Thomson. U.S. Rep. Tom Latham has indicated that he will introduce legislation Thursday to block any attempt to house Guantanamo detainees in t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...on proposed plans to move terror detainees being transferred from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Thomson Correctional Center.  Tom Latham, a Republican whose district covers north central Iowa and extends east to the Wisconsin border, said he will introduce le</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...said Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R- Iowa). &quot;It certainly may be the case that there's an inequity being addressed,&quot; added Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa). &quot;But to have a specific earmark for California . . . and not fix the problem -- the much more severe proble</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...district includes Clinton County, is restrained in his enthusiasm so far, but he says he is &quot;keeping an open mind.&quot; But Rep. Tom Latham, an Iowa Republican, plans to introduce legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives today to block moving the Gu</excerpt>
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      <title>Carlson: Folks in Clinton see jobs, not fear</title>
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      <excerpt>...Rep. Tom Latham has pledged to introduce legislation that would prevent the Obama administration from further considering a prison just across the Mississippi River from Clinton as a possible future home for detainees leaving the Guantanamo Bay facility</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Tom Latham and Steve King both voted in support of the legislation keeping terrorist detainees out of the US Additionally, Illinois US Rep. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... Training Center at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, which is funded by congressional appropriations arranged by US Rep. Tom Latham. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> US Rep. Tom Latham, R-Ames, said at the fundraiser that Iowans need Grassley in the US Senate &#8211; not Roxanne Conlin, the Des Moines lawyer that announced her ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> As we honor Veterans Day by paying tribute to the sacrifice made by our men and women in uniform, we are reminded of Representative Tom Latham&amp;#39;s long record ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Iowa&amp;#39;s two Republican congressman, Steve King and Tom Latham have spoken out against the proposal. Latham is introducing legislation to try and block the move of the Guantanamo Bay detainees. Tagged as: Bruce Braley, Chet Culver, ...</excerpt>
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