On December 27 , 2009 , Hoekstra commented on reports that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab , who had allegedly tried to set off a suicide bomb on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on December 25 , 2009 , had subsequently confessed to being trained and equipped in Yemen . Hoekstra called for a halt to the repatriation of Yemeni captives in Guantanamo
Northwest Airlines Flight 253
Northwest Airlines Flight 253
Pete Hoekstra