Barack Obama Guantanamo

America's 23-Year War

Anthony Gregory | Posted 05.24.2012

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Anthony Gregory

Obama has long claimed that he would bring an end to the war will end by 2014, which is still way too long to wait. As for sticking around for another 12 years, the very idea should be maddening to anyone.

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Obama Team Clears 75 At Guantanamo For Release

Reuters | Jane Sutton | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIAMI (Reuters) - An Obama administration task force has so far cleared 75 of the remaining 223 Guantanamo prisoners for release as part of its effort...

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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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Good Riddance Gitmo!

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patricia DeGennaro

Stuff? Is that what waterboarding is? Just stuff? How about putting hoods over people's heads and making them pile on each other naked like they did at Abu Ghraib? Is that also just stuff?

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Which EU States Will Offer Home To Ex-Gitmo Inmates?

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

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DUBLIN, Ireland — Across Europe, President Barack Obama's decision to shut the Guantanamo Bay prison has raised an awkward question: Which EU st...

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Last(ing) Days of Indignity..?

Ross Tuttle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ross Tuttle

The Pentagon reports that 42 GTMO detainees are on a hunger strike. Human rights lawyers estimate the total is closer to 70, roughly 30% of those remaining in this netherworld prison.

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Obama Plans Guantanamo Close, US Trials

AP | MATT APUZZO and LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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