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  • White House ‘in final stages’ of crafting plan to close Gitmo

    07/22/2015 12:11:15 PM PDT · by jazusamo · 41 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | July 22, 2015 | Ben Wolfgang
    The White House is in the “final stages of drafting a plan” to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, officials said Wednesday. President Obama has made closing the facility a top priority since his early days in office, but he has encountered resistance on Capitol Hill and still faces the thorny question of what to do with terrorist prisoners who cannot be transferred and cannot be brought to trial in U.S. courts.
  • Happy "Guantanamo Was Supposed To Close Today" Day

    01/21/2010 12:57:59 PM PST · by Shellybenoit · 4 replies · 241+ views
    The Lid/Canadian Press ^ | 1/21/10 | The Lid
    It was one year ago today. Remember President Obama's first full day in office: "The record is clear: Rather than keep us safer, the prison at Guantanamo has weakened American national security," Obama said during an address on national security at the National Archives in Washington. "It is a rallying cry for our enemies. It sets back the willingness of our allies to work with us in fighting an enemy that operates in scores of countries. By any measure, the costs of keeping it open far exceed the complications involved in closing it." At the time the President was roundly...