White House Allies Say Obama Bungled Guantanamo Closing

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From McClatchy News:

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's decision to close the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military prison by Jan. 22 was followed by a series of mistakes and missteps by his administration that will delay the prison's closure for months, according to a report from a policy organization with close ties to the White House.

Those mistakes — which ranged from initially having too few people on board to handle the workload to misreading Congress — have put the timetable months behind schedule and will push the prison's closure well beyond the January deadline, which Obama announced with great fanfare two days after he took office.

The White House declined to comment on the report.

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My Comment: When your own allies are saying that you "screwed up" .... that is when you know that you have screwed up. The decision and procedure to close Guantanamo has certainly been screw up after another.