Admin. Wants to Shut Gitmo By 2012 Presidential Elections

Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr./doj file photo
By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com

The controversial Guantanamo Bay is still in the crosshairs of the administration.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday in a speech before the European Parliament that the administration hopes to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, before the 2012 presidential elections, Politico reported.

“We will be pressing for the closure of the facility between now and then — and after that election, we will try to close it as well,” Holder said. “Some people have made this a political issue without looking at, I think, the real benefits that would flow from the closure of the facility.”

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