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news.yahoo.com - 2/25/2009
AG Holder: Closing Gitmo won't be easy (AP)
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AP - Attorney General Eric Holder says closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility will not be easy, but it will be done safely.
Holder: Closing Gitmo won't be easy
usatoday.com - 2/26/2009
Holder: Closing Gitmo won't be easy
— usatoday.com — Holder visited the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Monday and spoke to reporters about... his trip during a news conference Wednesday. Closing Guantanamo, he said, "will not be an easy process. It's one we will do in a way that ensures that ... (more) Holder: Closing Gitmo won't be easy

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city-journal.org - 2/20/2009
Nation of Cowards?
— city-journal.org — So says Eric Holder, but what's really cowardly is racial dishonesty.... (more) Nation of Cowards?

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Stinging Remarks on Race From Attorney General
abcnews.go.com - 2/19/2009
Stinging Remarks on Race From Attorney General
— abcnews.go.com — The United States is "a nation of cowards" when it comes to race relations, the country's newly... minted attorney general said today. In remarks made during a speech to honor Black History Month, Eric Holder said the country remains "voluntarily ... (more) Stinging Remarks on Race From Attorney General

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Weekly Standard Blog:  Holder: Gitmo Well-Run, Professional

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Holder: Gitmo Well-Run, Professional
Weekly Standard Blog — AP: Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday the Guantanamo detention center is a well-run, professional facility that will be difficult to close — but he's still going to do it. Holder visited the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Monday and spoke to reporters about his trip during a news conference Wednesday. This seems to cut down the Reuters report in which a lawyer for Gitmo detainees, citing detainee claims, alleged that mistreatment at Gitmo has increased since Obama's election. But more to ...

Holder on Gitmo: Nuetral Leaning Positive
Weekly Standard Blog — AG Eric Holder: "I did not witness any mistreatment of prisoners. I think, to the contrary, what I saw was a very conscious attempt by these guards to conduct themselves in an appropriate way....It does not in any way decrease our determination to close the facility, even though as I said it is being well-run now," he said. Lawyer for terrorists: "According to my clients, there has been a ramping up in abuse since President Obama was inaugurated," said Ghappour, a British-American lawyer with ...

Super Genius Eric Holder: Closing Club Gitmo Won't Be Easy
JammieWearingFool — Sure, the racial coward probably realizes deep down it's complete insanity, but he's carrying the water for his boss, who already went all in. So, no turning back , no matter how complicated. Nothing like thinking these things through. Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday the Guantanamo detention center is a well-run, professional facility that will be difficult to close — but he's still going to do it. Holder visited the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Monday and spoke to reporters about his trip during a news conference Wednesday. Closing Guantanamo, he ...

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