Barack Obama actually said...

The United States continues to detain several hundred al-Qa'ida and Taliban fighters who are believed to pose a continuing threat to the United States and its interests.

Context

Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Global Deployments of United States Combat-Equipped Armed Forces

06/14/2009

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

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