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AFPBiden says Guantanamo will close by January
(AFP)
LONDON — The Guantanamo Bay detention camp will close by next January, Vice-President Joe Biden said Thursday, adding that decisions on all inmates were likely "well before January."
In an interview with the BBC, he insisted Washington was on course to fulfil the closure pledge made by US President Barack Obama immediately after his inauguration in January.
"We are going through every single detainee's records... to make a judgement about whether or not they should be tried
... released and if so, what country might take them if we can't get them back to the country of origin because they're going to be tortured or mistreated," he said.
Speaking during a trip to eastern Europe taking in Georgia and Ukraine, he added: "We expect before January -- well before January -- we will have a decision on each and every individual being held."
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