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Line 140: − − ===Guantanamo=== − − As the Democratic candidate for president Obama pledged on numerous occasions to countless audiences closing the [[Guantanamo Bay]] Detention facility housing uncharged captured combatants in order to "regain America's moral stature in the world." <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXZoM__vU0 60 Minutes: Obama Reiterates Promise To Close Guantanamo Bay], [[60 Minutes]]</ref> After assuming office, Obama made a budget request to transfer the detainees to the [[United States]] without specifying where the detainees would be held. The Democratic-controlled Congress repudiated Obama by denying funding for that transfer, and leaders from both parties spoke against it.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/us/politics/20detain.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Democrats in Senate Block Money to Close Guantánamo], [[The New York Times]]</ref> Obama then endorsed indefinite detention without trial.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/21/AR2009052104045.html Obama Endorses Indefinite Detention Without Trial for Some], Peter Finn, [[Washington Post]], May 22, 2009.</ref>
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UNFPA officials work side-by-side their Chinese colleagues and even share the same offices.<ref>[https://www.lifenews.com/int1138.html Obama Administration Announces $50 Million for Pro-Forced Abortion UNFPA], by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com Editor, March 26, 2009.</ref>
UNFPA officials work side-by-side their Chinese colleagues and even share the same offices.<ref>[https://www.lifenews.com/int1138.html Obama Administration Announces $50 Million for Pro-Forced Abortion UNFPA], by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com Editor, March 26, 2009.</ref>
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