We then provide the process whereby Guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now. We are not, as I said in the inauguration, going to continue with a false choice between our safety and our ideals.
Obama stated his intention to close Guantanamo Bay within a year, emphasizing the need to balance safety and ideals.
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