Pentagon to unveil Guantanamo closure plan

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Source: Times of India

The Pentagon is poised to release a much-anticipated report on shutting down Guantanamo Bay, even as Congress battles to block the transfer of the military prison inmates from Cuba to US soil.

Officials have said the report on US prison sites that could house the last Guantanamo detainees -- enabling President Barack Obama to fulfil a key election pledge -- would be published in the coming days.

Its findings are sure to fuel debate on the fate of dozens of longtime captives from America's "War on Terror" who may well spend the rest of their lives behind bars.

Obama has been pushing since taking office in 2009 for the closure of the facility on a US Naval base in Cuba, but lawmakers have repeatedly thwarted him.

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[maxsolomon]

1. Well, the idiots in Congress have made this a Veto dare

Keep Guantanamo if you want a Defense Spending bill.

I say call them on their bluff. Its past time for this shit to end.

And give the whole godforesaken base back to Cuba. It's an insult to them.