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GUANTANAMO BAY
Obama May Change Mind About Detention
President Obama still has reservations about the prospect of indefinitely holding detainees at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and he may not follow through on developing such a policy, he told the Associated Press on Thursday.
"It gives me huge pause," he told the news organization.
Obama's intention to close the detention facility -- announced on his first full day in office -- has forced difficult decisions about what to do with the detainees still there. The administration is trying to send some to other countries and hopes to try others in courts or military tribunals.
But the president has acknowledged that there are likely to be some who won't be taken by other countries and are impossible to try. He told the AP that he will not establish an indefinite detention system by executive order because that would cut Congress out of the process.
"We're going to proceed very carefully on this front, and it may turn out that, after looking at all the dimensions of this, that I don't feel comfortable with" it, Obama said.
-- Michael D. Shear
NEW YORK PRIMARY
Clinton Appearance Raises Eyebrows
In a move that puts him at odds with President Obama, former president Bill Clinton will headline a fundraiser for a congresswoman challenging White House-backed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in New York's Democratic primary.
Clinton has not endorsed a candidate, but his efforts to help Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney could be seen as a snub to Gillibrand and the Obama White House.
The White House has played an active role in clearing the field for Gillibrand, who was appointed earlier this year to fill the seat vacated when Obama tapped Hillary Rodham Clinton to be his secretary of state.
McKenna, a spokesman for the former president, disputed any suggestions that Clinton is taking sides in the race.
-- Associated Press
