Nov 29 2008
Obama Will Announce the Closure of Guantanmo on January 20th
PUBLISHED ON THE HUFFINGTON POST
President-elect Barack Obama will announce in his inauguration speech the intention of his administration to close down the Guantanamo prison.
A source within the Obama transition team visiting Amman stated that the actual closure will take up to six months to complete because of the uncertainty of what to do with some of the more notorious prisoners held in the Cuban US base. The source who is involved in the national security team refused to be identified because he was not authorized to disclose the contents of Obama’s inaguration speech.
In addition to Guantanamo the Obama transition team is also studying ways to reverse the decisions of the Bush-Cheney administration regarding torture, and the US’s international commitments and obligations in the field of human rights and the world court.
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