Levin: Gitmo Closure Going Nowhere, 'Not Enough' Push From Obama

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Published June 9, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.

It's been more than five months since the Obama administration missed its self-imposed deadline for the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. And as things stand now, one key member of Congress says, the White House is showing little to no willingness to continue pursuing one of the more high-minded promises made by the president before entering office ... Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who chairs the Senate Committee on Armed Services, told the Huffington Post on Tuesday that

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Remarks by Vice President Biden to the European Parliament

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Published May 6, 2010 at 10:10 a.m.

12:30 P.M. (local) ... VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Mr. President, thank you for that welcome.  It was a delight to have you in Washington and at the White House.  And it’s a great honor -- and I might add, a privilege -- to be able to address such an esteemed body.  I served in a parliament that only had 535 members total.  This is even a greater honor.  ... When President Reagan -- I remember President Reagan’s speech here in 1985, and to quote an Irish poet, William Butler Yeats, speaking

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Robert Gibbs: We Don't Know When Gitmo Will Be Closed

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Published Jan. 21, 2010 at 9:33 a.m.

Friday marks the one-year anniversary of President Obama's pledge to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay within the year. And, as anyone who has paid any attention to national security matters knows, the deadline will not be meant ... In fact, on Thursday the White House announced that they did not have a time frame for shutting Gitmo down ... "I don't know when the process will be done," Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said during the daily briefing. "I know they made great progress ...

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Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and PERAB Chief Economist Austan Goolsbee, 1/21/10

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Published Jan. 21, 2010 at 4:21 p.m.

1:19 P.M. EST ... MR. GIBBS:  So, Austan Goolsbee is here.  And why don't we take questions if you all have questions on the President's proposal today, policy questions that Austan can certainly help us with ... Take us away ... Q    Austan, let's start with what the banks are saying about this.  They say that this is sending the industry back to the 1930s by going back to old regulations ... MR. GOOLSBEE:  Well, I would say two things about that.  Clearly, first, it's not returning to

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Eight GOP Senators Opposed Bill That Funded Airport Screening And Explosive Detection

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Published Dec. 30, 2009 at 1:39 p.m.

Some of the same Republican lawmakers currently criticizing the President for softness on terrorism voted back in July 2007 against legislation that, among other reforms, provided $250 million for airport screening and explosive detection equipment ... The Improving America's Security Act of 2007 was a relatively non-controversial measure that effectively implemented several un-acted-upon recommendations from the 9/11 Commission. Eighty-five Senators voted in favor of the bill's passage. Seven

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John Yoo: Obama Is A Continuation Of Bush On Executive Powers

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Published Dec. 31, 2009 at 8:21 a.m.

In his new book, former Bush administration attorney and infamous torture memo collaborator John Yoo favorably argues that President Barack Obama is wielding executive powers in the same manner as his White House predecessor ... Titled "Crisis and Command," Yoo's 500-plus-page work looks at the evolution of presidential powers from Washington to Bush, but with an afterword added for the current White House occupant. Few people have theorized as much about the limits of the powers granted to the

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Press Background Briefing By Senior Administration Official

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Published Dec. 29, 2009 at 9:46 p.m.

1:22 P.M. HAST ... SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL:  Well, hi, everybody.  Thanks for getting together for a couple minutes here ... One thing that wasn't immediately apparent during the President's remarks today is shortly before his remarks he had a secure conference call with General Jones, with John Brennan, with Tom Donilon, wherein he got an update on the review.  As he announced today he obviously formally signed the terms of reference for review, which has been undergoing here since

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Lieberman: The United States Must Pre-Emptively Act In Yemen

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Published Dec. 27, 2009 at 4:50 a.m.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, (I-Conn) a renowned hawk and one of the foremost champions of the invasion of Iraq, warned on Sunday that the United States faced "danger" unless it pre-emptively acts to curb the rise of terrorism in Yemen ... "Somebody in our government said to me in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, Iraq was yesterday's war. Afghanistan is today's war. If we don't act preemptively, Yemen will be tomorrow's war," Lieberman said, during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday". "That's the danger

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Letter from the President Regarding the War Powers Report

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Published Dec. 16, 2009 at 4:57 p.m.

TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT ... TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ... AND THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE ... December 16, 2009 ... Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) ... I am providing this supplemental consolidated report, prepared by my Administration and consistent with the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148), as part of my efforts to keep the Congress informed about global deployments of U.S. Armed Forces equipped for combat. This supplemental

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Remarks by the President at the Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize

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Published Dec. 10, 2009 at 9:27 a.m.

Oslo City Hall ... Oslo, Norway ... 1:44 P.M. CET ... THE PRESIDENT:  Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world: ...   ... I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility.  It is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations -- that for all the cruelty and hardship of our world, we are not mere prisoners of fate.  Our actions matter, and can bend history in the direction of

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