President Obama Renews Pledge to Close Guantanamo Detention

Name: President Obama Renews Pledge to Close Guantanamo Detention
Uploaded: 2013-05-01T00:09:44Z
Duration: P411S
Description: In a White House news conference, President Barack Obama renewed a pledge to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where more than half of the prisoners have recently been on hunger strike to protest their legal limbo. Gwen Ifill talks to Charlie Savage of The New York Times.

Clip: 04/30/2013 | 6m 51s

In a White House news conference, President Barack Obama renewed a pledge to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where more than half of the prisoners have recently been on hunger strike to protest their legal limbo. Gwen Ifill talks to Charlie Savage of The New York Times.

Aired: 04/30/13

Rating: NR

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President Obama Renews Pledge to Close Guantanamo Detention

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