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| Holder: Killing Bin Laden does not change Gitmo plans |
| 2011-05-09 |
| The successful operation to kill Osama bin Laden has not changed Obama's plan to eventually close Guantanamo, Eric Holder said on Monday. Speaking to reporters in Paris, Holder said: "It is still the intention of the president, it is still my intention, to close the facility at Guantanamo, and we will continue our efforts in that regard. "We think that by closing that facility the national security of the United States will be enhanced," he stated, after a meeting with French Interior Minister Glaude Gueant. When he was asked whether Bin Laden's death made it more or less likely that the jail would be closed, he said, ""I'm not sure that the death of Bin Laden will have an impact on the timing of the closure. Many of those who have opposed the closure of Guantanamo within the United States have done so on a basis that I'm not sure is affected by the death of Bin Laden." "But the president feels, as do I, that we can close Guantanamo and maintain the safety of the American people and ultimately make the United States more secure," Holder concluded.. |
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