Examining Delays In Closing Guantanamo

from National Public Radio

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said last week that meeting the Jan. 22, 2010, deadline to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would be "difficult." Sarah Mendelson, director of the Human Rights and Security Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says President Obama made a very bold start, but the initiative became delayed, causing many problems.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, October 14, 2009