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Kuwait ruler presses Obama on Guantanamo detainees

By Darlene Superville
Published September 13, 2013 10:41pm ET
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Kuwait ruler presses Obama on Guantanamo detainees
President Barack Obama meets with the Kuwait Amir Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. The visit by Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah comes as Obama and top aides are lobbying skeptical lawmakers to support using military force against Syria for a deadly chemical weapons attack the U.S. says was carried out by Syrian President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) | Pablo Martinez Monsivais

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kuwait’s ruler said Friday he asked President Barack Obama to speed the process of releasing two countrymen held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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