An Obama administration task force set up to develop a plan for the closure of the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay will miss its first deadline this week-and put off a key report-amid continued divisions over how to resolve one of the president’s thorniest policy dilemmas.
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The postponement of the two reports is sure to raise fresh questions about whether Obama will be able to shut down Guantánamo by next January as he pledged immediately after taking office. While publicly saying they remain committed to next January’s deadline, officials privately acknowledge that a host of political and diplomatic problems-including the reluctance of foreign countries to accept detainees and fierce opposition from members of Congress to moving them to the United States-has made closing the facility far more daunting than they had anticipated.
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5 apps and another revision of my resume, I need to decompress!
Vatican launches inquiry into ‘abusive’ religious order
I guess they’re trying to learn improve how they abuse kids?
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maybe its backwards good news
Rachel just had it.
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