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Closing Guantanamo: Easier Said than Done
To make good on his promise to close Guantanamo Bay, President Obama needs to re-locate more than 200 prisoners. One likely location in northwestern Illinois has set off a political firestorm, and there's ongoing dispute over how to clear up all those cases. Also, the President's trip to China, and British soldiers are ordered to pay off the Taliban.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenTo make good on his promise to close Guantanamo Bay, President Obama needs to re-locate more than 200 prisoners. One likely location in northwestern Illinois has set off a political firestorm, and there's ongoing dispute over how to clear up all those cases. Also, the President's trip to China. On Reporter's Notebook, Britain's new counter-insurgency manual tells soldiers to talk to Taliban leaders "with blood on their hands" and pay off potential recruits with "bags of money."
Banner image: Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois (L) and Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) speak to the media at a press conference about the Thomson Correctional Center on November 15, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. Photo: David Banks/Getty Images
