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March 26, 2014

European Protesters Urge Obama to Close Gitmo 
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President Obama's overseas tour continues in Belgium today where he will
deliver an address in the capital Brussels. Ahead of his visit, Obama
faced a protest from demonstrators calling for the closure of
Guantánamo Bay.

Protester: "Well, we are very disappointed, of course, because, well,
that was his promise, and we thought that the situation would change, of
course. But the situation has not changed. There are still 154 people
there, and their situation is really very, very bad, with the hunger
strike, for instance, force-feeding, no hope of being freed, although a
lot of them have been cleared for release. So, really, we ask him to do
something."

 

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