| Story Views | |
| Now: | |
| Last Hour: | |
| Last 24 Hours: | |
| Total: | |
Guantanamo Bay: Obama reiterates call to close prison in final plan to Congress
A multi-partisan activist group established to expose and resist US imperialism, corpora-terrorism, and the New World Order
Guantánamo Bay: Obama reiterates call to close prison in final plan to Congress | 23 Feb 2016 | A final plan by Barack Obama to fulfill his pledge to close Guantánamo Bay – functionally identical to what he has already proposed – has already run into heavy political opposition, underscoring the likelihood Guantánamo will remain a detention facility after Obama leaves office. The plan, released on Tuesday in accordance with a congressional request, reiterates previous administration insistences on closing Guantánamo rather than proposing a long-elusive new option with the chance of breaking through more than seven years of GOP refusal on Capitol Hill. Obama, expressing frustration at what has been for seven years a futile battle, again implored Congress to “go ahead and close this chapter”, portraying Guantánamo as “counterproductive to our fight against terrorists”.
Source: http://www.legitgov.org/Guantanamo-Bay-Obama-reiterates-call-close-prison-final-plan-Congress
