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Obama announces plan to close down Guantanamo detention center

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On Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama submitted to Congress a plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Obama hopes to fulfill a campaign promise and one of his national security goals to shut the facility down.

Added on the 24/02/2016 07:15:31 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media

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