Though the Obama Administration failed to meet its top priority executive order of closing Guantanamo within one year, it continues to stress closure.

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However, there was a measure of support for closing some properties in order to safeguard others.

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Liberal Democrat AM, Aled Roberts asked whether or not they were closing services to people in order to balance the books.

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The severe weather has led to a number of schools closing or opening later in order to allow extra time for the teachers to arrive.

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Here are some tools, not necessarily listed in order of preference or quality, to help you through to the closing ceremony on August 12.

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In order to prevent "Chesapeake's biggest shareholders from drawing and quartering" him, McClendon asked Hamm to postpone closing until Aug. 13.

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