Obama admits Guantanamo won't be closed by Deadline
source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/18/AR2009111800571.html?hpid=to...
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President Obama acknowledged today that the administration will miss its January deadline for closing the Guantánamo prison camp. The delay is due in part to the difficulty of finding countries that will accept those detainees who have been cleared for release, the Obama administration's willingness to continue indefinitely detaining prisoners without charge or trial and attempts in Congress to obstruct the transfer of detainees to U.S. soil.
Obama refused, however, to set a new deadline.
Despite the slow trickle of prisoners out of the facility, Obama insisted in the interview that the facility will be shuttered eventually.
"We are on a path and a process where I would anticipate that Guantanamo will be closed next year," he said. "I'm not going to set an exact date because a lot of this is also going to depend on cooperation from Congress."
Obama refused, however, to set a new deadline.
Despite the slow trickle of prisoners out of the facility, Obama insisted in the interview that the facility will be shuttered eventually.
"We are on a path and a process where I would anticipate that Guantanamo will be closed next year," he said. "I'm not going to set an exact date because a lot of this is also going to depend on cooperation from Congress."
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samthesixth
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Totally and completely lame.
- 2 years ago
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samthesixth
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JohnA
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What? You mean Obama made a promise he couldn't possibly keep? I can't believe it!
- 2 years ago
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JohnA
