News Source: Seattle Times
| about 1 month ago
Puerto Rico — A list released by the U.S. military shows at least 75 Guantanamo detainees have been cleared for release by a task force that has been sorting through the remaining prisoners as part of an Obama administration effort to shutter the...
News Source: Russia Today
| about 1 month ago
Cuba, Guantanamo (AFP Photo / Pool / Brennan Linsley) download embed Obama slowed down moving detainees from Gitmo 28 September, 2009, 23:21 Christopher Anders from the American Civil Liberties Union notes that during the final year of the Bush...
News Source: Reuters
| about 1 month ago
An Obama administration task force has so far cleared 75 of the remaining 223 Guantanamo prisoners for release as part of its effort to close the detention camp, a military spokesman said on Monday. The review team is examining each prisoner's case...
News Source: The Age
| about 1 month ago
President Barack Obama will almost certainly fail to meet his deadline of closing Guantanamo Bay prison within a year of taking office. Defence Secretary Robert Gates conceded ''it's going to be tough'' when asked if all detainees would be moved from...
News Source: Hindustan times
| about 1 month ago
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged on Sunday it will be "tough" to close the US prison at Guantanamo Bay by a January deadline set by US President Barack Obama. "It's going to be tough" for the Obama administration to meet the January 22...
News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
| about 1 month ago
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday that closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay by January "has proven more complicated than anticipated" but the Obama administration is committed to the goal even if it misses its deadline. President Barack...