Obama renews vow to close Guantanamo detention camp
By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Saying it was damaging to U. S. interests to keep holding prisoners in legal limbo at Guantanamo, President Barack Obama renewed an old vow on Tuesday to close the camp, where about 100 inmates are on hunger strike to protest against their years in detention without trial. Human rights groups welcomed Obama’s recommitment to shutting the prison, but some activists called for action, not just words. Criticism of the camp, set up at the U. S. . . .
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