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Since January 2002, the Pentagon has detained hundreds of men it claims are “enemy combatants” in the U.S.-led war on terror at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba. Over the past decade, the prison has drawn international outrage—and criticism at home—from those who claim that U.S. detention policy flouts American legal norms and international law as embodied in the Geneva Conventions. Brookings experts examine some of the challenges the Obama administration faces in grappling with the legal issues Guantánamo raises.

A U.S. Marine guard tower overlooks the Northeast gate leading into Cuba territory at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, March 8, 2013 (REUTERS/Bob Strong).

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President Obama's Guantanamo Comments

May 1, 2013, Benjamin Wittes

Benjamin Wittes, writing on the Lawfare Blog, reacts to President Obama's comments from a presidential news conference on the morning of April 30, 2013 which focused partly on the status of Guantananamo and fighting terrorism.

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