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Committed to shutting down guantanamo and shutting down the war on terror. that is the real goal. >> what is the message from the terror world to us? what message are we sending? >> we are sending a practical message of were not at a war but you are at a war against us. the number of jihaddists around the world, in syria today thousands. in libya and egypt. in the middle of this battle ground growing in the middle east we are sending them back propagandist, one after the other. >> if you thought...

Detention and trial. the republican controlled house has to get on board for changes to take place. 164 people are still being detained at the prison, even though a majority of them, 84, have already been clear for transfer. most of the detainees have never been charged with a crime and now the grammy award winning artist is lending her voice to pressure congress to close down guantanamo for good. esperanza spalding is inspired by the words of martin luther king to write a song and create this v...

As you know, president obama has been trying to close the prison that we keep in cuba, the one in guantanamo, since his first day in office he signed the order saying we would shut it down. not just republicans in congress who have blocked them. in 2009, when congress took a vote, the senate took a vote. the vote was 90-6. in the new defense spending bill, though, in the military budget that is being debated right now in congress, part of that bill opens the way to actually closing the prisons d...

>> more proof that im right. of course the commander in chief has that power. and its appalling that the american people would elect that man mmander in chief. but that having been done, obama said, hes going to shut down guantanamo, are you sorry he didnt shut down guantanamo? i think you were right in what you said at the beginning. too late now, would have been good a few months ago. now, its going to be like egypt again. whos going to come to power? and why didnt he intervene after the elect...

>> more proof that im right. of course the commander in chief has that power. and its appalling that the american people would elect that man commander in chief. but that having been done, obama said, hes going to shut down guantanamo, are you sorry he didnt shut down guantanamo? i think you were right in what you said at the beginning. too late now, would have been good a few months ago. now, its going to be like egypt again. whos going to come to power? and why didnt he intervene after the ele...

The policy i agree with has not changed that much but there was certainly no ambiguity, there was a wariness about the policy itself. >> also after four years of not only escalating the war in afghanistan where he sent 150,000 troops, but he also increased the number of drone strikes. hes defending murdering an american two years later. i mean, so theres an absurdity to this whole discussion. >> look, i keep saying theres a lot here and theres a lot in this speech and he definitely has escalated...

Places in the world to love in and its become a similar moll and we need to close guantanamo. >> john mccain won the primary at that time that year and he was vocal to close the prison at gun toantanamo and that positios held by the man who was president at that time. >> i would like to end guantanamo. i would like it to be over with. one of the things we will do is send people back to their home countries. >> so that was the position on the republican side in the lead up to the 08 presidential ...

South carolina. you cant help but wonder how this is going to go over with senator graham. >> the reason we cant close guantanamo bay is that we dont have a plan to close it. you have to have a plan. were not dealing with people who planned to rob a liquor store, but these are terrorists. >> its why he retreated from that goal. theres no question of what his preference is, theres no question what his intentions, all things being equal would b but this is a question where all things are not equal...

>> for closing guantanamo bay because its become a symbol. it may be one of the nicest places in the world to live in, but it has become a symbol and we need to close guantanamo. >> john mccain won the republican primary that year. and at the time, he was really vocal about his desire to close the prison at guantanamo. that position was also held by the man who was president at the time. >> id like to end guantanamo. id like it to be over with. one of the things we will do is we will send people...

He wants to shut down guantanamo and the drones and change and ultimately repeal the law that authorizes a war on terror. and to rise from the notion, that every war has to come to an end. every war in the past has and he said this war must end. that is a naive and utoppian idea. but to end a war you need two sides. you will either have the surrender like the germans and japanese. it was not unlateral. you dont declare the war is over and no response and assume it is over. and the cold war there...