Obama Guantanamo Bay

Illinois Prison Won't Be Ready For Guantanamo Detainees Until At Least 2011

The New York Times | Charlie Savage | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

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Rebuffed this month by skeptical lawmakers when it sought finances to buy a prison in rural Illinois, the Obama administration is struggling to come u...

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Obama Bungled Guantanamo Closing, White House Allies Say

McClatchy | Steven Thomma | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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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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Losing the Moral High Ground

Frida Berrigan | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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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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Holder worried about lawmakers' Gitmo objections

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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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 Closing: White House Regroups After Missteps

Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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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 09.20.2009 | Politics

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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 06.21.2009 | Politics

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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 04.09.2009 | Politics

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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 02.23.2009 | Politics

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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 02.22.2009 | Politics

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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 02.12.2009 | Politics

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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 02.11.2009 | Politics

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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 01.10.2009 | Politics

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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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