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Condi Rice, Robert Gates: US Prison At Guantanamo Bay Should Be Closed

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Soon after becoming defense secretary, Robert Gates argued the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be closed because the international community would view any trials there as tainted, The New York Times reported on Thursday.

Instead, Gates, who became Pentagon chief in December, argued that terrorism suspects should be tried in the United States to make the proceedings more credible, the Times said.

Vice President Dick Cheney, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others argued against bringing detainees into the United States, and the discussion ended when President George W. Bush agreed with them, the newspaper quoted administration officials as saying.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had joined Gates in pushing for the facility to be closed, administration officials told the newspaper.

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Well that throws a monkey wrench into the Administration Solidarity.

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