THE HILL – The White House on Monday blamed Congress for preventing the closing of the Guantanamo Bay prison amid a hunger strike and riots at the camp.
President Obama “remains committed” to closing Guantanamo Bay, something he said he would do in his first week in office in 2009, White House press secretary Jay Carney insisted.
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“It is the president’s view that facility ought to be closed,” Carney said. “We have taken steps processing detainees, transferring them to third countries, but the obstacles to closing Guantanamo Bay have been raised by Congress.”
Violent riots broke out at one of the prison’s camps this weekend after military authorities decided to end communal housing, instead moving prisoners to individual cells.
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