WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2009 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has selected a Navy four-star admiral to lead an assessment of operations at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Defense Department official said here today. Adm. Patrick M. Walsh, the vice chief of Naval Operations, will head the review, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell told reporters. The White House has tasked the Pentagon to assess the detention operations at Guantanamo Bay as part of President Barack Obama’s decision to close the facility, Morrell said. Obama issued an executive order Jan. 22 that directs the closure of...