Meeting US deadline to close Guantanamo ‘tough’: Gates
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged on Sunday it will be “tough” to close the US prison at Guantanamo Bay by a January deadline set by US President Barack Obama. “It’s going to be tough” for the Obama administration to meet the January 22 deadline to shut the camp condemned…
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