WASHINGTON -- President Obama is unlikely to close the much-maligned detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in time to meet
the self-imposed deadline of January, as his administration runs into daunting legal and logistical hurdles in moving the
more than 220 detainees still being held there.
The
difficulties in completing the lengthy review of detainee files and
resolving other thorny questions mean the president's promised January
deadline may slip, senior administration officials acknowledged for the
first time Friday to FOX News.
The White House hopes to regain momentum -- Obama's aides have stepped
up their work toward closure and the president remains as committed to closing the facility as he was when, as one of his
first acts in office, he pledged to shut it down, officials told FOX News.
The
White House in recent months has also shuffled its staffing f
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