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| White House in 'final stages' of closing Guantanamo Bay prison |
| By upi.com |
| Published: 07/23/2015 |
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WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- One of President Barack Obama's first orders of business when he took office in 2009 was to shutter the U.S. Navy's prison complex at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Now, almost seven years later, that plan is in the "final stages," the White House said Wednesday. Guantanamo, which has been home to hundreds of terror suspects over the past decade, has proven to be a difficult nut to crack for the commander-in-chief, however. Politics, necessity and a concern for national security have kept the prison operating for five years longer than Obama wanted. White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Wednesday said Obama is now finalizing the camp's closure. "[The administration is] in the final stages of drafting a plan to safely and responsibly (close) the prison at Guantanamo Bay and to present that to Congress," Earnest said. "That has been something that our national security officials have been working on for quite some time -- primarily because it is a priority of the president." Read More. |
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