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Obama Administration Acknowledges: We Won't Close GITMO On Time
The Provocateur ^ | 09/26/2009 | Mike Volpe

Posted on 09/26/2009 10:23:44 AM PDT by fiscon1

It was back in May when Press Secretary Robert Gibbs had this exchange in a press briefing regarding the closure of GITMO.

Q Robert, does the President still expect to close Guantanamo Bay one year after his announcement, which would be I guess January 20, 2010? And is --

MR. GIBBS: I think it's the 21st or 22nd, but, yes.

Q Twenty-first, thank you. And is he still planning on issuing a detailed map, if you will, of how to get there in another two months from now?

MR. GIBBS: I don't understand the second part.

Q Did he not say on January 22nd that within six months he would sort of issue -- the administration would issue plans for how it intended to close Guantanamo?

MR. GIBBS: I'd have to go back and look. I mean, obviously, Sheryl, the President remains committed to closing Guantanamo.

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: gitmo; gwot; obama

1 posted on 09/26/2009 10:23:44 AM PDT by fiscon1
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To: fiscon1

the false messiah was expected a standing ovation with the gitmo closing at the UN radicals assembly. nobody gave a crap.


2 posted on 09/26/2009 10:27:53 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: fiscon1
Gnashing of teeth over on the DU, the Koz, and on Huffington Post..
3 posted on 09/26/2009 10:45:15 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: All

“No we can’t”

BHO promised everyone everything.

Talking about “change” is easy.

Doing it is a different story.

I wonder what BS slogan Obama is going to run on in 2010, that is if the Dems don’t nominate someone else.


4 posted on 09/26/2009 11:01:33 AM PDT by Rodney Dangerfield (Fact: When speaking, BHO refers to himself on an average of every 13 seconds.)
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To: fiscon1

Well “duh!” I could’ve told anyone that months ago. First, it was an obama promise, and those aren’t worth the paper they’re written on. Second, no-one had, nor has, an effective plan for dealing with the detainees currently at Gitmo. Third, obama talks a good game about cleaning up our image of government, but when it comes to practice... He’s keeping the wars going, keeping rendition going, keeping enhanced interrogation going, etc. Just under tighter control - ie. his. ... and we’ve all seen how effective his “leadership” has been in dealing with hostage crisis (on-scene commander had to take initiative), his ROE in Afghanistan have gotten more troops killed quicker than ever before, his appeasement merely has NK and Iran coming out into the open about their illegal (by international law/treaty) programs - not stopping them.


5 posted on 09/26/2009 11:04:20 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (obama out now! I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom - you can keep the change.)
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To: fiscon1; Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ..

The list, ping


6 posted on 09/26/2009 8:33:42 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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