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Obama in last fight to close Guantanamo

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U.S. President Barack Obama outlines his plan to close the Guantanamo detention facility and urges Congress to give the plan a "fair hearing" before his time in office is up. Jillian Kitchener reports.

Added on the 23/02/2016 19:16:03 - Copyright : Reuters EN

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