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Gitmo Closure Briefing Canceled

By | 02.09.10 | 11:16 am

D.C. snowpocalypse has closed government buildings for a second day — for those not subject to this winter siege, we’re told to expect another 10 to 20 inches of snowfall imminently — and the closure grinds policymaking to a halt. The Senate Armed Services Committee just canceled a closed-door briefing More…

Gitmo Special Envoy Highlights Obama’s Prisoner Problem

By | 03.12.09 | 10:47 am

Reports that the Obama administration will appoint the assistant secretary of state for European affairs under the Bush administration, Daniel Fried, as a special envoy on the Guantanamo Bay prison suggest the Obama administration is at least trying to deal with the question of what to do with many of More…