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Gitmo Inmate Policy Chief Bails

Phillip Carter led search for prison replacement

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 25, 2009 1:16 AM CST | Updated Nov 25, 2009 6:46 AM CST

(Newser) – The Pentagon official tasked with closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center has quit the Obama administration after seven months on the job. Phillip Carter, the chief official in charge of detainee policy, cited personal reasons. His resignation comes in the wake of the administration's announcement that it will miss its January deadline for closing the detention center, the New York Times reports.

Carter "provided sound policy advice on all aspects of detention operations during his tenure" and "greatly contributed toward the president's goal of closing Gitmo," said a Pentagon spokesman, adding that Carter's departure will not set back plans to close the center. Analysts say Carter, an Iraq war vet who worked on President Obama's campaign team, will be difficult to replace.

Carter was involved in the search for a facility to replace Guantanamo, which has centered on the Thomson Correctional Center in Illinois.
Carter was involved in the search for a facility to replace Guantanamo, which has centered on the Thomson Correctional Center in Illinois.   (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
A guard wearing a protective face mask speaks with a detainee through a fence as another paces inside the exercise yard at Camp 5  detention facility on Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base.
A guard wearing a protective face mask speaks with a detainee through a fence as another paces inside the exercise yard at Camp 5 detention facility on Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base.   (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool, File)
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RockyPneumonia
Nov 25, 2009 8:15 AM CST
left.right.left, would you mind posting again, but in English this time?
grassisntgreener
Nov 25, 2009 7:59 AM CST
escaspe goat/my ass lets propose this /you leave and lets me off th
grassisntgreener
Nov 25, 2009 7:57 AM CST
what ,7 months on the job,unemployment stats off the hook, faced with a major overhaul ,and now its happening(?),forgiive me,are "people" afraid of this obviously SCARY sit?Seems he left in time to NOT find an easy replacement,to drag this on into forever(as ever).BYE!

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