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Why Obama Won’t Close Guantánamo on Time

January 21, 2010

Within days of his inauguration, President Obama signed an executive order that called for closing of the Guantánamo Bay detention center in a year’s time and mandated that detainees be given due process. Senior Fellow Benjamin Wittes says there are many reasons why the facility won’t close now or anytime soon.

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