From U.S. Defense Department:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2009 – A solution for closing down the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has vexed Defense Department officials and will remain a challenge during President-elect Barack Obama’s administration, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said today.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has advocated shutting down the facility since he was appointed two years ago. And while Obama has expressed similar interests throughout his campaign, both acknowledge it “may take some time” to accomplish, Morrell said during a Pentagon news conference.
“The challenge, of course, has been for this president and for this secretary: How do you close it?” he said. “There are a range of outcomes, a range of possibilities under discussion, and no one has settled on, at this point, any one option or solution to this thorny problem.”
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