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US Drafts Plans to Close Guantanamo Bay
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by Rob Walker | December 18, 2008 at 12:46 pm
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One of president-elect Barack Obama's first pledges was to close down Guantanamo bay 'in a responsible way', and US Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced today that plans were being drafted to close the facility.
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered plans to be drafted for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, the Pentagon says.A team was looking at moving inmates from the facility in a way that continued to protect the American people, a spokesman said.
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at 15:33 on December 18th, 2008
Will they give it back to Cuba as well as close it?
at 08:29 on December 22nd, 2008
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