The Truth about Closing Gitmo

President Obama has, at last, provided details on his plan to fulfill a nearly decade-old promise to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba.

Putting an exit strategy plan squarely before Congress — which has previously prohibited Guantanamo Bay detainees from being transferred to the United States — the President is making one last attempt to fulfill a promise first made on the campaign trail. Few believe that Congress will take him up on the plan, with Republicans, and even some Democrats, saying the proposal to move a few dozen detainees to facilities in United States is a bad idea....

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