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Obama preparing order to close Gitmo
WASHINGTON (AP) - Advisers to President-elect Barack Obama say one of his first duties in office will be to order the closing of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. That executive order is expected during Obama's first week on the job - and possibly on his first day, according to two transition team advisers. Both spoke Monday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. Obama's order will direct his administration to figure out what to do with the estimated 250 al-Qaida and Taliban suspects and read more
NECN | January 12, 2009
