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Published 1/22/2009 by William Branigin and Michael D. Shear at Wash Post Obama Administration
President Barack Obama today signed a series of executive orders to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within a year and end harsh interrogation techniques previously used on terrorist suspects, saying America will wage war on terrorism "in a manner consistent with our val...
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