As President Obama gears up for a new push to close Guantánamo Bay, lawmakers from both parties are skeptical the president will be successful in persuading Congress to shutter the facility.

Obama is delivering a speech on national security Thursday, where White House officials say he will detail efforts to fulfill a vow that he made in the first week of his presidency.
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“Congress has blocked it, so he’s going to have to find a way to remove the blockages of Congress, and hopefully he’ll let us know how he’ll do that,” Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) told reporters Tuesday.
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“I think it is critical for us to understand that Guantánamo is not necessary to keep America safe,” Obama said. “It is expensive. It is inefficient. ... It is a recruitment tool for extremists. It needs to be closed.”

White House press secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday that Obama “is determined to see the facility closed, and that he will address that subject in his speech.”
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Many Republicans argue the administration’s opposition to holding terrorism suspects on U.S. soil under military detention makes moving Guantánamo detainees onto U.S. soil a nonstarter.

There was a large backlash to the administration’s plans in 2009 to try alleged 9/11 terror mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in the civilian court system in New York City. The administration backed away from that idea and has restarted the military tribunal process.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administrati...-guantanamo-bay

Cruel irony having him deliver that speech... sort of like having the Fox describe the new security latches for the henhouse...

Obama is just afraid, if we find out the TRUTH, he might end up there !!