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Executive Order 13492Active
Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Barack Obama
January 22, 2009
74 FR 4897
Summary
Ordered the review of all detentions at Guantanamo Bay and directed that the detention facility be closed within one year. The closure was never completed due to congressional opposition.
Topics
national securityGuantanamo Baydetaineeswar on terror
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