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Obama Closing Guantanamo: Preparing Order In First Week
WASHINGTON — Advisers to President-elect Barack Obama say one of his first duties in office will be to order the closing of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. That executive order is expected during Obama's first week on the job _ and possibly on his first day, according to two ...
The Associated Press: Obama preparing order to close Gitmo
google.com — 2 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) Advisers to President-elect Barack Obama say one of his first duties in... office will be to order the closing of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. That executive order is expected during Obama's first week on the ... (more) The Associated Press: Obama preparing order to close Gitmo
Obama to order Guantanamo Bay prison closed
Obama to order Guantanamo Bay prison closed
cnn.com — President-elect Barack Obama is expected to sign an order closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.... (more) Obama to order Guantanamo Bay prison closed
Obama signs order to close Guantanamo Bay facility
Obama signs order to close Guantanamo Bay facility
cnn.com — A guard keeps watch from a tower at the military facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.... (more) Obama signs order to close Guantanamo Bay facility
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Obama: Closing Guantanamo "More Difficult Than People Realize"
Politics Daily — ... The breathless reporting from earlier this week on the incoming Obama Administration's plans to shutter the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay has been contradicted by President-elect Obama and Attorney General nominee Eric Holder. The reports focused on a Executive Order Obama plans to issue in his first days in office, which will lay out a goal of shutting the facility down. But the actual closure, should it happen at all, ...

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