Obama on Gitmo Terrorists: ‘I Don’t Want These Individuals to Die’

Published April 30, 2013 2:23pm ET



President Barack Obama talked about Gitmo prisoners today and said, “I don’t want these individuals to die.”

“For a lot of Americans, the notion is out of sight, out of mind,” Obama said, after referring to his failed attempt to close the terrorist prison. “It’s easy to demagogue the issue. That’s what happened the first time this came up. I’m going to go back at it because I think it’s important.”