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Obama Seeks Halt to Legal Proceedings at Guantanamo

 

Published 1/21/2009 by Peter Finn at Wash Post Obama Administration

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Jan. 20 -- In one of its first actions, the Obama administration instructed military prosecutors late Tuesday to seek a 120-day suspension of legal proceedings involving detainees at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- a clear break with the approach of the outgoing B... (link)

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