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Administration's first efforts to close guantanamo. welcome to "meet the press daily." >> hi, chuck. >> let me just throw a few numbers out. 112 prisoners remain in gitmo. 53 have been approved for transfer, but we don't know where yet. we spent about $4 million per detainee in 2013. you are the presidency's lawyer. where do you believe he has the authority, not just to shut down the prison. i understand that. but does he have the authority to move these folks to a new facility? >> chuck, we're a nation at war and he's the commander in chief. when the nation is at war, the commander in chief i...

Is out with its state transparency and accountability report and they issued some letter grades. not a lot of integrity to go around. 11 states received an f rating. 16 received a d minus. alaska got the highest mark. ready for this? a c! as for the why, the cpi ranked states in 13 categories, everything from public access to information, lobbying disclo disclosure, judicial accountability, the mechanisms government has to root out corruption and be transparent with the public. corruption complaints are plenty heard on in washington, but apparently they thrive at the state level too. c is the ...

And, i thought maybe is this something else here that you believe constitutionally he has at his disposal? >> the fact is that a commander in chief guiding the nation when it's at war and it's quite clear that all sides of the spectrum believe we're still at war with al qaeda and its affiliates. and remember, chuck, that the legal bafers for us keeping these people in detention is the fact that we're at war. there are law of war detainees and our authority to keep them in these facilities, whether it's in guantanamo or some other military facility is based on the fact that we are at war, and h...

Corp us, say no to renditions, no to wireless wire taps. >> we will then provide the process whereby guantanamo will be closed no later than one more from now. >> i have ordered the closing of the detention center at guantanamo bay and will seek swift and certain justice for captured terrorists. >> it's not sustainable. the notion that we're going to continue to keep over a hundred individuals in a no-man's land in perpetuity. >> with the afghan war ending, this needs to be the year congress lifts the restrictions on detainee prisoners and we close the prison at guantanamo bay. >> we've worked...

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