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===Guantanamo Bay===
===Guantanamo Bay===
On November 16, 2008, in an interview with [[Steve Kroft]] of [[CBS]]'s ''[[60 Minutes]] program, Barack Obama promised to close [[Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility]] by [[Executive Order]], "to regain America's [[moral]] stature in the world."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXZoM__vU0 60 Minutes: Obama Reiterates Promise To Close Guantanamo Bay]. Youtube.</ref> A press release on January 22, 2009 claimed Obama ordered closing the camp within the year. <ref>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=barack+obama+guantanamo+bay&aq=4&oq=Barack+Obama+g&aqi=g10</ref> The camp has yet to be closed. As of the president's second inaugural, the promise to regain America's moral stature remained unfulfilled. In January of 2013 President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act, barring the use of [[federal funds]] to transfer detainees from Guantanamo.<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/seo/2013/1/8/4_years_after_vow_to_close Years After Vow to Close Gitmo, Why Has Obama Signed NDAA Bill Barring Transfer of Its Prisoners?].</ref>
On January 22, 2009 a press release claimed Barack Obama ordered the closing of the [[Guantanamo Bay]] detention camp within the year 2009. <ref>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=barack+obama+guantanamo+bay&aq=4&oq=Barack+Obama+g&aqi=g10</ref> The camp has yet to be closed.
===Libya===
===Libya===