Obama Closing Gitmo

Report: Executing Gitmo Detainees Will Endanger America

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Center For American Progress, a public policy think-tank based in D.C., has released a report that investigates the implications of the closure of...

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Terror Attempt May Hinder Plans To Close GITMO

nytimes.com | PETER BAKER and CHARLIE SAVAGE | Posted 05.25.2011

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KANEOHE, Hawaii -- The attempted bombing of an American passenger plane on Christmas Day could greatly complicate President Obama's efforts to close t...

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Holder: Guantanamo Closing Might Be Made More Difficult By Lawmakers

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he is worried that lawmakers' opposition to bringing terrorist suspects held at the milit...

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Obama: Guantanamo Won't Close By January Deadline

washingtonpost.com | Anne E. Kornblut | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING -- President Obama directly acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay will not close by the January...

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Obama Still On Track To Close Gitmo By January

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's top lawyer on Thursday said the Obama administration remains committed to closing the Guantanamo Bay prison by early...

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Mohammed Jawad, Teenage Afghan Detainee, To Be Transferred To Civilian Court

Washington Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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It wasn't until late Friday afternoon that the Obama Justice Department, after years of wrangling over the fate of Mohammed Jawad, the Afghan boy arre...

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No We Can't: Obama's Guantánamo

Cori Crider | Posted 05.25.2011

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Celebrations of a new civil liberties hero were sadly premature. Four months on, dozens of innocents are still in prison.

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1 In 7 Guantanamo Detainees Freed Return To Terrorism: Pentagon

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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An unreleased Pentagon report provides new details concluding that about one in seven of the 534 prisoners already transferred abroad from the prison ...

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Chavez: Gitmo Detainees Can Come Here

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he is prepared to receive detainees held by the US military at the Guantanamo Bay camp in Cuba....

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Obama's Yemen Problem

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Instead of branding the Yemenis guilty until proven innocent, the United States and Yemen should prosecute those against whom they have evidence and repatriate the rest.

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Arianna Discusses Closing Gitmo on MSNBC

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama Closing Guantanamo: Preparing Order In First Week

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Advisers to President-elect Barack Obama say one of his first duties in office will be to order the closing of the U.S. military pr...

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Guantanamo Commander: Prison Won't Close Soon

AP | ANDREW O. SELSKY | Posted 05.25.2011

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Guantanamo's commander believes that the prison on this base won't close anytime soon after President-elect Ba...

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