Obama Vows to 'Do Everything I Can' to Close Guantanamo: CNN Interview [View all]
Source: Reuters
Obama vows 'do everything I can' to close Guantanamo: CNN interview
Sun Dec 21, 2014 8:06am EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. president Barack Obama said in a TV interview set for broadcast on Sunday that he will do "everything I can" to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after four Afghan detainees held there were sent home.
Obama promised to shut the internationally condemned prison when he took office nearly six years ago, saying it was damaging America's image around the world. But he has been unable to do so, partly because of obstacles posed by the U.S. Congress.
"I'm going to be doing everything I can to close it," Obama said on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley," program in an interview taped on Friday.
"It is something that continues to inspire jihadists and extremists around the world, the fact that these folks are being held," he said.
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