Obama to sign order next week to close Guantanamo prison- could be within hours of his inauguration

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McClatchy reporting: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/59563.html


WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama will sign an executive order in his first week in office that sets in motion the closure of the Guantanamo Bay military prison, the facility at the center of the alleged abuse of detained terror suspects, two individuals familiar with Obama's thinking said on Monday.

They declined to say precisely when he'd sign the directive, but they said it could be within hours of his Jan. 20 inauguration.

The order would set out the procedures for shutting the prison at the U.S. Naval base in Cuba, a process that's likely to take a considerable period of time, the two individuals said. Both spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly.

The process entails determining what to do with the estimated 250 suspected al Qaida and Taliban militants housed at the prison, set up after the 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.

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1. More Right/Centrist Moves

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. . . these issues aren't one-dimensional or black/white.

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