President Barack Obama finally broke his long silence on Tuesday on the need to close Guantánamo. Echoing comments he made four years ago — when, on his second day in office he promised to close the facility within a year — he said “Guantánamo is not necessary to keep America safe. It is expensive. It is inefficient. . . . It needs to be closed.”
GAO report says moving Guantánamo detainees to U.S. prisons is feasible
A series of escalating Democratic moves this week is taking aim at Congressional restrictions that block transfer of the 166 war on terror captives from Guantánamo to U.S. soil
Republican lawmakers Friday bitterly criticized President Barack Obama's decision to try accused terrorists in the United States and warned against moving detainees to South Carolina.
It's one year before South Carolinians elect a new governor and the possibility that the Charleston Brig could house Guantánamo detainees is already roiling the race.
The Pentagon is staffing for a ninth year at Guantánamo, even as commanders prepare plans for sending all 223 war-on-terrorism detainees elsewhere.
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