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Obama uneasy over indefinite Gitmo detentions

Thursday, July 02, 2009 6:23:19 PM
By LARA JAKES

FILE -- In this May 13, 2009 file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, Guantanamo detainees jog at dusk inside the exercise yard at Camp 4 detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba.   (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said Thursday he's uneasy about his own proposal to indefinitely imprison some of the most dangerous terror suspects being held now at Guantanamo Bay. He called it "one of the biggest challenges of my administration."

The president stopped short of abandoning his tentative idea of continuing to hold a small number of detainees in other prisons after Guantanamo closes, which is expected to happen early next year.

But Obama said he has strong reservations about detaining people without bringing them to trial — a legal quagmire that dogged former President George W. Bush.


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