U.S. Hopes To Transfer Dozens From Gitmo In 6 Months, Official Says -- CNN
(CNN) -- The Obama administration hopes to transfer dozens of detainees from Guantanamo Bay in the next six months as part of a stepped-up effort to reduce the population there, according to a U.S. official.
As many as five detainees are expected to be moved from the detention facility in the next few days, with several more transfers anticipated in early 2015, the official said on condition of anonymity.
The news comes less than a week after the United States announced it had repatriated four detainees from Guantanamo to Afghanistan, leaving 132 detainees at the U.S. naval base in southeastern Cuba.
President Barack Obama hinted at the intensified effort in an exclusive interview on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, saying, "I'm going to be doing everything I can to close it."
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My Comment: So much for listening to the objections from Congress. When this is over there will only be a handful of detainees left, and it would not surprise me if these detainees will then be transferred to U.S. prisons .... again over the objections of Congress.
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