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| Senate to reject Guantanamo fund | |
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| The US Senate has said it will reject a White House call for funding to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. | |
| The Senate will join the House of Representatives in stripping $80m (£52m) from a war funding bill meant for the camp, at a naval base in Cuba. | |
| Democrats and Republicans argue that there needs to be a better plan for closing the camp where 240 terrorist suspects are still detained. | Democrats and Republicans argue that there needs to be a better plan for closing the camp where 240 terrorist suspects are still detained. |
| President Barack Obama has said he wants the camp closed by January 2010. | President Barack Obama has said he wants the camp closed by January 2010. |
| Democratic leaders say they will reconsider providing the requested funds, once the White House has drawn up more detailed plans. | Democratic leaders say they will reconsider providing the requested funds, once the White House has drawn up more detailed plans. |
| Community concerns | Community concerns |
| The funding issue appears to be a hiccup rather than a major setback for Mr Obama, says the BBC's James Coomarasamy in Washington. | The funding issue appears to be a hiccup rather than a major setback for Mr Obama, says the BBC's James Coomarasamy in Washington. |
| The closure deadline was set in Mr Obama's first week of office, but since then growing numbers of the president's own party have become concerned about the release of terrorist suspects into their constituencies. | The closure deadline was set in Mr Obama's first week of office, but since then growing numbers of the president's own party have become concerned about the release of terrorist suspects into their constituencies. |
| Most democrats support his commitment to close Guantanamo Bay, but realise that agreeing to fund an ill-prepared process would provide fodder for the Republican opposition. | Most democrats support his commitment to close Guantanamo Bay, but realise that agreeing to fund an ill-prepared process would provide fodder for the Republican opposition. |
| This is not the first time that the president has got into a politically difficult situation trying to strike a balance between national security and fulfilling his campaign commitments, adds our correspondent. | This is not the first time that the president has got into a politically difficult situation trying to strike a balance between national security and fulfilling his campaign commitments, adds our correspondent. |
| He revived military trials for some Guantanamo Bay detainees, having previously denounced the Bush-era judicial system. | He revived military trials for some Guantanamo Bay detainees, having previously denounced the Bush-era judicial system. |
| Mr Obama halted them as one of his first acts on taking office, saying the US was entering a new era of respecting human rights. | Mr Obama halted them as one of his first acts on taking office, saying the US was entering a new era of respecting human rights. |
| Introducing new safeguards for detainees, he said he had supported their use as one avenue to try detainees, and in 2006 had voted in favour of them. | Introducing new safeguards for detainees, he said he had supported their use as one avenue to try detainees, and in 2006 had voted in favour of them. |
| He said he had opposed the tribunals used by George W Bush's administration because they had failed to establish a legitimate legal framework and undermined swift and certain justice. | He said he had opposed the tribunals used by George W Bush's administration because they had failed to establish a legitimate legal framework and undermined swift and certain justice. |
| Under extra safeguards for detainees, there will be: | Under extra safeguards for detainees, there will be: |
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