President Obama Still Trying To Close Guantanamo Bay Prison

CNN: Obama makes final push to close Guantanamo

Washington (CNN)The White House's decision this week to reject a massive defense policy bill -- partly for its restrictions on closing the Guantanamo Bay naval prison in Cuba -- comes as the administration makes a final push to close the facility in the remaining 15 months of President Barack Obama's tenure.

Obama hopes to leave office with the prison shuttered, since he campaigned on a vow to close it and has argued that it serves as a recruiting tool for terrorists. On his second day in office, he signed an executive order to shut down the prison at Guantanamo, pledging to have it done within a year.

WNU Editor: If President Obama could not close Guantanamo Bay prison when the Democrats were in control of Congress, he will certainly not succeed with the Republicans in power. Vetoing the defense bill because of Guantanamo is just a PR stunt to placate his base.