A key task force set up to help close the terror detention camp at Guanta'namo Bay, Cuba, has been granted an additional six months to study policy options to complete the shutdown.
Administration officials concede that the issues surrounding the transfer or prosecution of the 229 remaining detainees are difficult and defy easy resolution. But they told reporters in a recent background briefing that extra time was needed |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.