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Obstacles Remain in Obama’s Goal of Guantanamo Closure

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The Obama administration ended the year with the release of more detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On December 30, the Pentagon announced that three Yemenis and two Tunisians were flown to Kazakhstan for resettlement. VOA correspondent Aru Pande takes a look at whether President Barack Obama will be able to realize his goal to shut down the facility during his last two years in office