Guantanamo Bay: Barack Obama

Barack Obama: Obama says he's asked a team of officials to review the issue and will take it back to Congress again. He told a White House news conference Tuesday he's not surprised there are problems at the facility, where 100 of the 166 inmates are on a hunger strike, according to CBC. Asked about a hunger strike by some detainees, he said, "I don't want these individuals to die," and he said the Pentagon was doing what it could to manage the situation and U.S. President Barack Obama says he's going to try again to close down the prison for suspects at Guantanamo Bay, As a candidate for the White House in 2007 and 2008, Obama called for closing the base, which was set up as part of president George W. Bush's response to the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Lawmakers objected and the facility remains open. Releases and transfers have since become rare, giving detainees little hope of ever being released. Prisoners and guards clashed at Guantanamo Bay on April 13 (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.