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Fourteen years after 9/11, Obama still struggles to close Guantanamo Bay

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imageThe Northeast gate out of Gitmo and into Cuba, 2013. Bob Strong/REUTERS

Even prior to his inauguration, Barack Obama said that during his first week in office as president of the United States, he would issue an executive order closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. However, he cautiously hedged by adding the...

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