Will Obama Use Executive Order to Close Guantanamo Bay?

“I think my ultimate fear is the fact that we don't have a place because the president hasn't used Guantanamo Bay to put these hardened terrorists [away]. The fact is he's going to release people, I think he's talking about now releasing another 35 Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is siding with President Barack … Read more

Will Obama Use Executive Order to Close Guantanamo Bay?

On the heels of President Barack Obama's unveiling of a plan to shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, PETA sent a letter this morning to newly appointed Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Lee Wolosky with a proposal to turn the shuttered  President Obama put forward a plan to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo … Read more

Obama gives Congress Guantanamo closure plan

President Obama put forward a plan to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay — something he promised to do at the very beginning of his presidency. But the plan landed with a thud in Congress, raising questions about what happens next. Missouri Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jason Kander on Tuesday announced his opposition to … Read more

Obama gives Congress Guantanamo closure plan

Pentagon details plan to close Guantanamo Bay detention center, considering 13 potential US sites for prisoner transfer – Reuters. End of alert. Alert my friends · crime & courts · Guantanamo, Guantanamo, Cuba · Obama's efforts to close Guantanamo Bay. With the threat of ISIS and other terror groups to the nation only growing, the … Read more