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November 15, 2010

White House Drops Plans to Close Gitmo
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The Washington Post is reporting the Obama administration has
effectively abandoned plans to close the Guantánamo Bay prison.
Administration officials said they don’t expect to secure congressional
funding to close the prison and transfer remaining prisoners to the
United States. One official said, "Gitmo is going to remain open for the
foreseeable future." The White House also says it expects Khalid Sheikh
Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, to remain
jailed without trial indefinitely.



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