Obama administration appoints new Guantanamo Bay envoy

July 1, 2015
CBS News

After a six-month vacancy, the Obama administration has finally found someone to serve as the State Department's Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure. Attorney Lee Wolosky will be charged with the difficult task of facilitating the closure of the controversial, Pentagon-run prison.

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The Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents Guantanamo detainees who have been cleared for transfer, commended Wolosky's appointment. Wolosky, the group said in a statement, he needs to "break through the logjam within the Department of Defense in order to generate and maintain increased momentum on transfers, and ultimately to ensure the just closure of Guantanamo by the end of President Obama's term." ...

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