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President Obama has boldly followed through on his commitment to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay--sort of.(The Week)(Barack Obama)(Brief article)
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February 23, 2009 |
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President Obama has boldly followed through on his commitment to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay--sort of. His executive order promises that the facility will be closed within a year, a non-binding deadline he could extend simply by signing another order. And when Gitmo does close, what will become of the 245 alien enemy combatants currently in detention? If released, many will probably return to terrorism; a Saudi set free in 2007 is thought to have rejoined al-Qaeda and participated in last fall's bombing of the U.S. embassy in Yemen. Similar gaps and flip-flops pervade Obama's detainee policy, if it can be called a policy: ...
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