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US President Barack Obama speaks about his administration's drone and counterterrorism policies, as well as the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, at the National Defense University in Washington, DC, May 23, 2013. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama: Politics Keeping U.S. From Closing ‘Facility That Should Never Have Been Opened’

President Barack Obama spoke to the nation Thursday, making a speech that focused entirely on his administration’s counterterrorism efforts and policies, finishing his address with several comments regarding the continued existence of the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

2013/05/23

This image reviewed by the US military shows the guard tower at the front gate of "Camp Five" and "Camp Six" detention facility of the Joint Detention Group at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Jan. 19, 2012. (credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Guard Shoots Gitmo Detainee With ‘Rubber Bullet’ To Quell Disturbance

The Pentagon admits that a Guantanamo Bay detainee was struck by a “rubber bullet” in an effort to quell a disturbance at the prison.

2013/03/08

File photo of Col. James L. Pohl. (credit: Taylor Jones/Getty Images)

Guantanamo Judge Allows Testimony About Torture

Lawyers for the Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of orchestrating the deadly attack on the USS Cole will present expert testimony Tuesday at a pretrial hearing on how to conduct a mental examination of a torture victim.

2013/02/05

File photo of a gavel (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Sept. 11 Judge Rules On Censor But Little Else

The second round of pretrial hearings in the Sept. 11 case sputtered to a close Thursday with the judge ordering the government to remove censorship equipment from the courtroom at the U.S. base in Cuba but little progress on fundamental legal issues that must be resolved before the long-stalled case can go to trial.

2013/01/31

President Barack Obama delivers a statement late Jan. 1, 2013 at the White House in Washington DC. (credit: CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP/Getty Images)

ACLU Says Obama Has ‘Failed The First Test Of His Second Term’

The American Civil Liberties Union says President Obama has already failed in his second term.

2013/01/04

This image reviewed by the U.S. military shows a shadow of a soldier next to a placard on the fence line of the "Camp Five" detention facility of the Joint Detention Group at the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Jan. 19, 2012. (credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Feinstein: To Believe Terrorists Can’t Be Held In US Prisons Is ‘Plain Wrong’

Sen. Dianne Feinstein still believes President Barack Obama’s 2008 promise of closing Guantanamo Bay and moving alleged terrorists to U.S. prisons can be a reality.

2012/11/29

This image reviewed by the U.S. military shows the guard tower at the enterance to "Camp Five" and "Camp Six" detention facilities of the Joint Detention Group at the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Jan. 19, 2012. (credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Supreme Court Turns Down Gitmo Appeals Of Detainees Held For Past Decade

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take a new look at the rights of foreign prisoners held for the past decade at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba.

2012/06/11

A drawing from Saturday's hearing during the Sept. 11 trial. (credit: JANET HAMLIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Anger, Sighs As 9/11 Families Watch Terror Hearing

Moans, sighs and exclamations erupted Saturday as relatives of Sept. 11 victims watched the closed-circuit TV feed of the court hearing from a movie theater at Fort Hamilton in New York City.

2012/05/06

File photo of he construction at Ground Zero. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be among those headed back to military tribunal this weekend in Guantanamo Bay. (credit: Getty Images)

Sept. 11 Case Returns To Guantanamo Tribunal

Five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks, including the self-proclaimed mastermind, are headed back to a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay on Saturday, more than three years after President Barack Obama put the case on hold in a failed effort to move the proceedings to a civilian court and close the prison at the U.S. base in Cuba.

2012/05/04