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Obama's counterterrorism chief takes fresh stab at closing Guantanamo
Source: Reuters
US | Wed Nov 4, 2015 1:11am EST
Obama's counterterrorism chief takes fresh stab at closing Guantanamo
WASHINGTON | BY JEFF MASON
A new U.S. plan to close the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is likely to be unveiled in the coming days, with much at stake not only for President Barack Obama but also his counterterrorism chief, Lisa Monaco.
As a top Justice Department official in 2009, Monaco was summoned to the White House Situation Room in the first weeks of Obama's tenure to discuss how to fulfill his campaign promise to shutter a facility that had drawn condemnation worldwide.
Nearly seven years later, most of those who were present at that first meeting have left the government, but Monaco is still there and charged with completing the unfinished task.
The new plan, which will follow previous attempts that have failed, would mothball a prison that Obama views as a damaging symbol of detainee abuse and detention without charge that he inherited from Republican President George W. Bush.
Senior administration officials told Reuters the plan would be unveiled in early November.
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Obama's counterterrorism chief takes fresh stab at closing Guantanamo
WASHINGTON | BY JEFF MASON
A new U.S. plan to close the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is likely to be unveiled in the coming days, with much at stake not only for President Barack Obama but also his counterterrorism chief, Lisa Monaco.
As a top Justice Department official in 2009, Monaco was summoned to the White House Situation Room in the first weeks of Obama's tenure to discuss how to fulfill his campaign promise to shutter a facility that had drawn condemnation worldwide.
Nearly seven years later, most of those who were present at that first meeting have left the government, but Monaco is still there and charged with completing the unfinished task.
The new plan, which will follow previous attempts that have failed, would mothball a prison that Obama views as a damaging symbol of detainee abuse and detention without charge that he inherited from Republican President George W. Bush.
Senior administration officials told Reuters the plan would be unveiled in early November.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/04/us-usa-guantanamo-monaco-idUSKCN0ST0I420151104
