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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that the Obama administration probably would not meet its Jan. 22 deadline for closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and that the fate of more than 220 foreign terrorism suspects being held there may remain up in the air for months longer.
“It’s going to be difficult” to make the self-imposed deadline, Holder told reporters at the Justice Department.
Holder also said the Justice Department and its Bureau of Prisons had proved the most hardened terrorists can be housed safely in the U.S.
Lawmakers are pushing to prohibit the transfer of terrorism suspects from Guantanamo to face prosecution in the U.S.
