Obama's signature on Guantanamo closure order

Obama's signature on Guantanamo closure order

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - This Sept. 1, 2009 photo shows a copy of U.S. President Barack Obama's order with his signature posted near a yard at a detention camp in the U.S. naval base in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay. Obama in the document ordered the camp complex be shut down by January 2010. Many detainees were ''happy and excited'' on hearing the policy.

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