Prison, Closing Guantanamo Bay | featured news

President Barack Obama's vow to try again to close the Guantanamo Bay prison remains a tough sell in Congress....

President Obama acknowledged for the first time that his administration would miss a self-imposed deadline.

The nearly empty rural facility is being considered, an Obama administration official says. But obstacles remain, including a law that bars the detainees from the U.S.

An Obama administration task force has so far cleared 75 of the remaining 223 Guantanamo prisoners for release as part of its effort to close the detention camp, a military spokesman said on Monday.

President Obama on Thursday will try to take the reins on the debate over national security and rally support for his plan to shutter the military prison at Guantanamo Bay in what his administration is billing as a major address. In recent weeks, conservative critics have blasted Obama for what they see as missteps on national security.