Obama's Guantanamo Closing Plan Rebuffed by Republicans
- Congress set Tuesday deadline for plan to close facility
- President says prison serves as recruiting tool for extremists
Obama: Guantanamo Closing Had Bipartisan Support
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President Barack Obama released his long-awaited plan for closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, without offering specifics on possible locations for housing terrorism-related prisoners inside the U.S.
Obama said Tuesday that he doesn’t want the next U.S. president -- no matter who it is -- to have to keep dealing with the albatross of the prisoners held there, but Republicans, including several presidential candidates, immediately rejected the proposal.