gallup.com - 1/22/2009
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With President Barack Obama already taking action relating to the U.S. prison Guantanamo Bay on his first full day in office, Americans are sending no clear mandate on the issue. Slightly more think the United States should not close the prison than say it should, 45% to 35%. ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/21/2009
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GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) Hours
after taking office on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama...
ordered military prosecutors in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day halt in all pending cases. Military judges were ...
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Obama seeks halt to Guantanamo trials - Yahoo! News
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/26/2009
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Republicans have already settled on a five-letter messaging
counter-attack to President Obama's plan to shutter the Guantanamo...
Bay prison within a year: NIMBY. Within the past few days, John McCain and Karl Rove have helped reinforce the perception ...
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Not In My Backyard: The GOPers Complicating Obama's ...
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Done: Obama signs order closing Gitmo within a year
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... support closing the prison, a perilously slim majority for so momentous a decision. Gallup, in fact, finds that 45 percent support keeping it open compared to just 35 percent who want it closed; among independents it’s 48 and 32, respectively. The stakes for Obama from Bush speechwriter ...
Weekend Opinionator: Closing Gitmo, Opening a Can of Worms
Opinionator —
... — including the former C.I.A. official Reul Marc Gerecht, who wrote a Times Op-Ed piece last month that “extraordinary rendition” of suspected terrorists for interrogation in other countries “ isn’t an ideal solution — American intelligence officers have no control of the questioning, and Washington can become beholden to foreign security services — but it’s a satisfactory compromise.” Nor does the contention that Obama was elected with a mandate to reverse all the Bush “excesses” necessarily hold political water — as the latest Gallup poll makes all to clear. Salon’s ...
AP Headline: 'Obama Breaks from Bush, Avoids Divisive Stands'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... I guess Sidoti doesn't consider this detention facility to be a divisive issue despite the most recent Gallup poll finding 45 percent of the nation feeling it shouldn't be closed with only 35 percent saying it should. ...
Obama’s Pentagon review: Gitmo meets the standards of the Geneva Conventions
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... , it does mean good news for him — or rather, it would if the left still cared about renditions, which they haven’t since January 20th. Exit question: With opposition to closing Gitmo already near majority levels , the media had better keep this as quiet as possible, huh?
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