OBAMA DEFENDS TERROR POLICY, CLOSING GITMO
Explains his reasoning to ban enhanced interrogation techniques, close the detention facility in major national security speech.
Admits closing Gitmo will be difficult: "We're cleaning up something that is quite simply, a mess, a misguided experiment."
Takes veiled swipe at Cheney: "Some Americans are angry, others want to re-fight debates that have been settled...that they have lost."
Full remarks here. Click above to watch.
Thursday, May 21, 2009