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Guantanamo Bay, the unmet promise.

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After five inmates were released last week, the prison population at Guantanamo Bay is down to

122, with President Obama still trying to shut it down. John McCain, the prison population at Guantanamo Bay is down to 122, with President Obama still

trying to shut it down. John McCain, the former P.O.W, once advocated closing the prison,

but now he's joined other Republican senators to oppose more releases anytime soon.

Meantime, a book by an inmate has generated claims that Guantanamo was a laboratory for torture of people held without charges.

Will the president's first order of a business be accomplished before he leaves office?

Today's talking point, American sniper takes Middle America by storm.

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Program Fund. Hello again, I'm Mormon. I'll only back with To the Point. Prisoners at

Guantanamo Bay have been held for years without any charges. Half the remaining inmates have been

cleared for release. Military prosecutors have

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