Obama Guantanamo Bay

Protests Mark Dubious Milestone

Posted 01.11.2012

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WASHINGTON--Human rights groups plan protests worldwide on Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. military detention ca...

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Guantanamo Bay Today: The Shocking Facts And Figures

Posted 01.11.2012

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On January 11, 2012, the United States' detention center at Guantanamo Bay marked its 10th year in operation. The U.S. base in Cuba received its fi...

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Obama's Indefinite Detention Law Could Refill Gitmo

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama failed two years ago to close the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison, and with Wednesday marking the 10th anniversary...

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Freshman GOP Senator Challenges Obama On Controversial Policy

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 01.29.2012

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WASHINGTON — The face of Republican opposition to President Barack Obama's policy for handling suspected terrorists is a 43-year-old former pros...

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Issue Of Closing Guantanamo Is Far From Settled

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has tracked down and killed Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and other al-Qaida leaders. Yet, in spite of ...

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PHOTOS: Obama Administration Will Do Its Utmost To Close Guantanamo

AP | RAF CASERT | Posted 11.20.2011

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By RAF CASERT, Associated Press BRUSSELS — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that the Obama administration will do its utmost to clo...

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Obama Administration Preparing Order For Indefinite Detention Of Some Guantanamo Detainees

Posted 05.25.2011

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ProPublica's Dafna Linzer reports: The White House is preparing an Executive Order on indefini...

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David Axelrod Won't Commit To Closing Guantanamo By End Of 2010

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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White House senior adviser David Axelrod refused on Sunday to say whether the Obama administration will close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay b...

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Levin: Gitmo Closure Going Nowhere, 'Not Enough' Push From Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's been more than five months since the Obama administration missed its self-imposed deadline for the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo ...

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Losing the Moral High Ground

Frida Berrigan | Posted 05.25.2011

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We should not lose sight of another consequence of the October 7, 2001 invasion of Afghanistan: the detention of thousands of people suspected of being hostile to the United States.

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Guantanamo Closure Delayed By Another Full Year

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's commitment to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by next month may be delayed until ...

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Holder worried about lawmakers' Gitmo objections

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 Bungled Guantanamo Closing, White House Allies Say

McClatchy | Steven Thomma | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama's decision to close the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military prison by Jan. 22 was followed by a series of mistakes and missteps by ...

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Obama Guantanamo Closing: White House Regroups After Missteps

Posted 05.25.2011

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This article by Dafna Linzer, ProPublica, and Anne E. Kornblut, Washington Post, was published by ProPublica under a Creative Commons license. With ...

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Obama Administration Making Progress On Getting Detainees Out Of Gitmo

Washington Post | Peter Finn | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration has secured commitments from nearly a dozen countries willing to accept detainees from Guantanamo Bay and is increasingly con...

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Time to Support the President and Close the Facility at Guantanamo Bay

Sen. Patrick Leahy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Guantanamo has become the symbol of the severe missteps that our country took in recent years. Only by shutting the facility down can we repair our image in the world.

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Obama's Cabinet-Level 'Guantanamo Task Force' Holds First Meeting

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Top officials of the Obama administration met privately Monday to discuss how to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Attor...

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Judge Gives Obama Time To Weigh In On Detainees

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A federal judge has decided to give the Obama administration time to weigh in on some of the legal cases brought by terror detainee...

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Guantanamo: Obama Executive Order To Close Prison Full Text

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thursday January 22, President Obama signed an executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Read the full text: By the authority ...

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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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Obama: Gitmo Not Likely To Close In First 100 Days (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week," President-elect Barack Obama said that he was committed to closing the prison at Guan...

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Bush Administration Tying Obama's Hands On Gitmo

Harpers | Scott Horton | Posted 05.25.2011

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As President-elect Obama works to make good on his promise to shut down Guantanamo Bay, including the military commissions system that his predecessor...

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