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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