SFGATE: Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo military prison open
Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo military prison open"
Published on January 31, 2018 at 08:45AM by By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order announcing his intent to keep the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay open, the White House announced Tuesday. Trump made it clear during his 2016 campaign for president that he wanted to keep Guantanamo open and "load it up with some bad dudes." But the White House announcement, just before the president's first State of the Union address, marked a formal reversal of President Barack Obama's eight-year effort to close the detention center. The order says the U.S. maintains the option to detain additional enemy combatants at the detention center in Cuba, when necessary.
Published on January 31, 2018 at 08:45AM by By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order announcing his intent to keep the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay open, the White House announced Tuesday. Trump made it clear during his 2016 campaign for president that he wanted to keep Guantanamo open and "load it up with some bad dudes." But the White House announcement, just before the president's first State of the Union address, marked a formal reversal of President Barack Obama's eight-year effort to close the detention center. The order says the U.S. maintains the option to detain additional enemy combatants at the detention center in Cuba, when necessary.
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