Obama On Gitmo: More Detainees Expected To Be Released - Washington Times

Naval Base, Cuba, June 27, 2006. (Associated Press) ** FILE ** more > By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times - Friday, November 28, 2014 President Obama is getting ready to release more detainees from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to reports. After transferring five suspected terrorists from the lockup at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, or Gitmo, the Pentagon has said that more will be transferred out in December, the Wall Street Journal reported. The increased pace of detainee releases follows the abrupt ouster this week of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who administration officials criticized to the newspaper for moving too slowly to empty Gitmo. Mr. Obama came into office in 2009 vowing to close down the detention center that was set up after the 9/11 attacks to lock up terror suspects outside restriction of U.S.