$2.6 million

— the amount the Pentagon is spending on cardiac and MRI units for the 167 detainees still held by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The alleged terrorists are getting older. Two are in their 60s, and eight are in their 50s. Those needing such sophisticated medical treatment could have been flown to the U.S. for treatment, until Congress barred them from U.S. soil.

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