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Guantanamo decision 'not surprising'

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US President Barack Obama is lifting the two-year freeze on new military trials for detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison.

Dennis Kucinich, a Democratic Congressman, outlines the thinking behind the move and Charles Stimson, a former Deputy Assistant Defence Secretary explains why he agrees with Obama's decision.


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