Gitmo attorneys pleased by Obama’s order

    President Obama’s executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center is good news to some Philadelphia-based attorneys who represent some of the detainees. WHYY’s Susan Phillips reports.

    President Obama’s executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center is good news to some Philadelphia-based attorneys who represent some of the detainees. WHYY’s Susan Phillips reports. [audio: reports20090126gbaylawyers.mp3]

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