Obama Names New Envoy to Close Guantanamo

Government Executive: President Barack Obama named former National Security Council official Lee Wolosky as his new special envoy for Guantanamo closure at the State Department, filling a key post in the administration’s bid to shut down the controversial prison by moving its remaining detainees to foreign countries and the U.S. mainland. Wolosky will assume “lead responsibility” for arranging for the transfer of Guantanamo’s remaining 116 detainees, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday.

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