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Nearly half of remaining Guantanamo detainees slated for transfer

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Nearly half of the detainees remaining at Guantanamo Bay are slated for transfer, a Pentagon official confirmed to Fox News.

Of the 76 remaining detainees, 34 have been approved for transfer to countries that have agreed to accept them, according to spokeswoman Valerie Henderson.

Thirty-two other detainees are slated to have their cases heard by a Department of Defense review board.

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    Pat G

    Haha! Yeah, Chicago, I think Jeremiah Wright would let them move into his church. I don't think he'd have any trouble turning it into a mosque for them!

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    LPD256

    Pat-I say turn the loose in Chicago. They probably wouldn't make it for very long....

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    Pat G

    There are 76 detainees left at Guantanamo. 34 are going to other countries, but many not to prison (like the one that went to Uruguay and ended up in Syria!). 32, who Obama calls "low level individuals" but Defense officials call "worst of the worst," are going to have their cases heard by a Defense Review Board. Any bets on what the verdicts will be? The last 10 are so bad no other country will take them. When Obama saunters out of the White for the last time, and the "Closed" sign goes up at Gitmo, maybe the last 10 can go live with John Kerry!