“Guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now.”

— Barack Obama

"Barack Obama signs order to close Guantánamo Bay prison camp", The Telegraph (22 January 2009) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/4316784/Barack-Obama-signs-order-to-close-Guantnamo-Bay-prison-camp.html <br class="br">2009

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