to close guantanamo bay but this country needs a way to deal with enemy combatants. >> reporter: even the president's critics acknowledge the detention policy is uncharted legal territory, given the war on terror it may last for many years if not decades. many fear an indefinite detention of the enemy combatants without access to legal rights. >> and the notion that we're going to continue to keep over 100 individuals in a no man's land, in perpetuity, the idea that we would still maintain hyannis por forever a group of individuals that have not been tried. that is contrary to who we are and our interests and it needs to stop. >> reporter: guantanamo continues to impose unique stresses on the military, the ongoing hunger strike has forced the million tear tree t bring in an additional medical personnel to force feed the