Barack Obama: “We will close Guantanamo prison, which has damaged our national…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 2010

We will close Guantanamo prison, which has damaged our national security interests and become a tremendous recruiting tool for Al Qaida.

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Remarks Following a Meeting on Improving Homeland Security

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