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| Obama Admin buys prison in Illinois |
| Obama Admin buys prison in Illinois to shift Gitmo detainees
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 16-December-2009
3:16:1 AM |
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The Obama Administration said it is buying a prison in the Illinois State where detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre would be shifted.
The White House said closing Guantanamo would make the country safer. This is part of the effort of US President Barack Obama to close Guantanamo within a year of his taking office.
"The announcement today that the President has instructed the Bureau of Prisons to begin the purchase of the Thomson facility in Illinois is a big step in that process of closing Guantanamo Bay," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters at his daily news conference.
While the White House would not give the number of prisoners who would be shifted to this new facility in Illinois, Senator Richard Durbin put the figure at 100.
The new facility in Illinois would be run by same people who are operating Guantanamo Bay
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