This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im del walters. Just moments ago, the president laying out his plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. For many years it has been clear that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay does not advance our national security. It undermines it. This is not just my opinion. This is the opinion of experts. This is the opinion of many in our military. Its counterproductive to our fight against terrorists. Reporter president obama made that Campaign Promise to close Guantanamo Bay when he was campaigning back in 2007 and before taking office, pointing out that both sides agreed on closing the prison when he took office, but said the issue has since become highly politicized. Jamie mcintyre has more. Reporter three of the points, i think are fairly noncontroversial. One is to continue the transfers of of prisoners, and there are 35 detainees at guantanamo who have already been cleared for transfer, and they may be gone by the end of the year,
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