Barack Obama actually said...

this needs to be the year Congress lifts the remaining restrictions on detainee transfers and we close the prison at Guantánamo Bay.

Context

Statement of Administration Policy: H.R. 4870 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act

06/16/2014

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

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