One last push: closing Gitmo.

• Author: Krayewski, Ed
• Position: Citings - Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba - Brief article

In the twilight of his administration, President Barack Obama is still trying to deliver on a promise he made on the campaign trail in 2008 and in his first executive order: closing Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. detention facility located in Cuba.

The plan, announced in February, proposed a "careful" transfer of 35 detainees to other countries, expediting the review process for the possible transfer of another 56 detainees to other countries, using "all of the legal tools" to resolve remaining detainee cases before military commissions, and transferring any detainees who cannot be sent overseas to an undetermined facility in the United States.

Critics, such as Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), say they want to know more about the "terrorist activities and affiliations" of detainees before approving any plan. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) claims that closing the detention facility would be a...