Mr. Obama is engaged in similar unilateral disarmament with respect to the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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The Bush administration appears to be engaged in a lively internal debate over what to do with the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Several were critical of Obama's decision to suspend military commissions at Guantanamo Bay while the administration reviews what to do with each detainee.

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Patel said Obama campaigned on issues that were important to him: working with allies on security issues, energy concerns, civil rights issues like closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and withdrawing troops from Iraq.

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The foreign secretary said in a Commons statement on 10 February 2010 that he had fought to prevent the release of secret information on the former Guantanamo Bay detainee to defend the "fundamental" principle that intelligence shared with the UK would be protected.

BBC: Torture papers statement

Intelligence gathered from detainees at Guantanamo Bay may also have made the Americans wary of sharing their operational plans with the Pakistani government.

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They include Al-Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Haj, held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after his arrest in Pakistan, and Jawed Ahmad, a journalist with Canada's CTV who is at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, according to the group.

CNN: U.S. military frees Iraqi journalist

During his run for the White House, Obama pledged to improve ties with the Muslim world, draw down U.S. troops in Iraq and close the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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