They were disappointed with decisions like sending more troops to Afghanistan and not closing the Guantanamo Bay prison.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

Since taking office, Mister Obama has ordered the closure of the American detention center at Guantanamo Bay,Cuba.

VOA: special.2009.05.02

In one of his first official actions, he ordered the closure of the American detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within a year.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

Earlier this week, President Obama said no additional prisoners from Guantanamo Bay will be released to Yemen.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

The Central Intelligence Agency held him there for two years before he arrived at Guantanamo.

VOA: special.2010.11.20

Also Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that the U.S.can still hold some prisoners at Guantanamo indefinitely without any charges.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

President Obama said there will be no further transfers to Yemen for now, but Guantanamo will be shut down.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

White House officials have also made clear they will not revisit plans to close the U.S.detention center in Guantanamo Bay,Cuba.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has said as many as 100 Guantanamo detainees may be transferred to U.S.facilities.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

The House of Representatives also dropped funding for Guantanamo's closure in its version of the war funding legislation, which passed last week.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

a former prisoner at Guantanamo Bay Binyam Mohamed, who accuses the British security service MI5 of helping U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

"Make no mistake," "We will close Guantanamo prison which has damaged our national security interests and become a tremendous recruiting tool for al-Qaida."

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said he hopes Mr.Obama will reconsider his decision on Guantanamo.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Senator Dick Durbin is an Illinois Democrat: "There will not be any Guantanamo funding in this bill,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

President Obama has long promised to close Guantanamo, where 241 suspected terrorists are held, by January,2010.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

But just moments after he spoke the debate intensified, as former Vice President Dick Cheney took strong issue with the Obama administration's Guantanamo policy.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

"And we know that terrorists detained at Guantanamo and released have gone back to the fight.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

Madni was moved on to the detention center at Guantanamo Bay where he spent six years.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

They also hailed Mr.Obama's vow to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp within a year, although they are more cautious about possibly accepting ex-detainees.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

President Obama says he never had any doubts that closing Guantanamo would be difficult and complex.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says President Obama will discuss, among other things, the steps are needed to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

human rights investigators applaud moves made by President Barack Obama in pledging to close Guantanamo Bay and stopping the practice of torture and extraordinary rendition.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

Some Republicans say Guantanamo should be kept open, and that abuses there have been ended.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Some Democrats and Republicans are against civil trials for alleged terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

with the withdrawal from Iraq, the willingness for peace the closure of Guantanamo."

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

He notes that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has already boasted about his role as the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks during military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Yemeni detainees are the largest group among approximately 250 men held at Guantanamo.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

"He will go through some of the decisions that we have to make, regarding how to close down Guantanamo, something that Democrats and Republicans alike agree on."

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

On Tuesday, Senate Democrats decided to strip the war funding bill of the money for Guantanamo's closure until President Obama has a detailed plan for handling the detainees.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20