Saturday, January 8, 2011

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Obama Signs Law, Decries Its Limits on Transfer of Guantanamo Detainees
Margaret Talev and Carol Rosenberg, McClatchy Newspapers: "President Barack Obama on Friday reluctantly signed into law a military-funding bill that limits him from transferring terrorism detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the U.S. or foreign countries, but he signaled that he may get past the restrictions by using non-Pentagon resources to get the job done. Even as he reserved that right, it wasn't immediately clear to what degree the president still may capitulate to political pressure between now and his 2012 re-election campaign to keep detainees off U.S. soil and out of civilian courts."
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