Lawyer Paul Achitoff of the organization Earthjustice said: "We do expect to be able to challenge that decision before the district court."

VOA: special.2011.02.15

That's the last thing you want to do as a organizing committee is to cancel tickets and we didn't take the decision lightly."

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

But there has been growing criticism, particularly from congressional Republicans, that Mr.Obama should have established a plan for what to do with the detainees at Guantanamo before announcing his decision to close the facility by January 2010.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20