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| Obama admits delay on Guantanamo | Obama admits delay on Guantanamo |
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| US President Barack Obama has for the first time admitted that the US will miss the January 2010 deadline he set for closing the Guantanamo Bay prison. | US President Barack Obama has for the first time admitted that the US will miss the January 2010 deadline he set for closing the Guantanamo Bay prison. |
| Mr Obama made the admission in interviews with US networks during his tour of Asia. | |
| He said he was "not disappointed" that the deadline had slipped, saying he "knew this was going to be hard". | He said he was "not disappointed" that the deadline had slipped, saying he "knew this was going to be hard". |
| Officials are trying to determine what to do with some 220 detainees still held at the US prison on Cuba. | Officials are trying to determine what to do with some 220 detainees still held at the US prison on Cuba. |
| The questions remaining over the fate of those assessed as dangerous but who for legal reasons could not be prosecuted in a US court had already prompted much speculation that the deadline would slip. | |
| Mr Obama did not set a specific new deadline for closing the camp, but said it would probably be later in 2010. | |
| "We had a specific deadline that was missed," he told NBC television. | |
| Mr Obama told Fox News: "People, I think understandably, are fearful after a lot of years where they were told that Guantanamo was critical to keep terrorists out." | |
| Closing the facility was "also just technically hard," he added. |