Hurdles abound for Guantanamo closure, 13 years later

Hurdles abound for Guantanamo closure, 13 years later
Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2015 - Thirteen years after terror suspects first arrived in Guantanamo, the United States is sending inmates out at a faster rate than ever before - but hurdles remain in the effort to shutter it entirely. In 2014, 28 detainees were freed in "the largest single-year reduction in detainee population" since 2009, said Paul Lewis, the US official charged with closing the Guantanamo detention facilit ... more

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