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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 job and possibly on his first day, according ...
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President-elect Barack Obama said this weekend that he
does not expect to close Guantanamo Bay in his...
first 100 days in office. "I think it's going to take some time and our legal teams are working in consultation with our national security apparatus ...
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Obama: Gitmo Likely Won't Close in His First 100 Days
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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 ...
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The Associated Press: Obama preparing order to close Gitmo
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WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to issue
an executive order his first week in office ...
and perhaps his first day to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay , according to two presidential transition team advisers. It's ...
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Advisers say Obama preparing to close Gitmo - Yahoo! News
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Closing Guantanamo
Political Animal —
... detention facility: "We are going to close Guantanamo and we are going to make sure that the procedures we set up are ones that abide by our constitution. That is not only the right thing to do but it actually has to be part of our broader national security strategy because we will send a message to the world that we are serious about our values." Obama hedged, however, when asked when this might happen. Just how quickly will Obama move on closing Guantanamo? Apparently, we can expect action very soon . Advisers to President-elect Barack Obama say one of his first duties in ...
Closing Gitmo will be among Obama’s first official actions.
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... The Associated Press reports that advisers to President-elect 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 transition team advisers.” The order would fulfill one of Obama’s ...
Closing Guantanamo: Part 1
Political Animal —
... , the AP reports that Obama will order Guantanamo closed shortly after taking office. This is wonderful news. However, as Steve also noted, this doesn't mean that Guantanamo will be closed immediately. A couple of points about this: First, while closing Guantanamo matters a lot to perceptions of the US abroad, I think it's not the most important thing in terms of substance. What matters, as far as I'm concerned, is that the United States not detain people indefinitely without charges. It would be possible to close Guantanamo simply by moving the detainees who are there to ...
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CNN Political Ticker 1/12/2009
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