National Security

Report: No executive order to shutter Gitmo

By Kelly Cohen
Published June 13, 2016 5:04pm ET
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Report: No executive order to shutter Gitmo
Anonymous sources told Reuters that without an executive action, closing Guantanamo Bay would fall on Congress and the overturn of a ban of bringing the remaining prisoners to prisons in the United States. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) | Charles Dharapak

President Obama will not use an executive order to shut down Guantanamo Bay, according to a report.

Administration officials concluded an executive order would not be practical, making Obama’s promise to close the Cuban-based prison before the end of his second term extremely unlikely.

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