The Latest: Obama blames Congress for not closing Guantanamo
WASHINGTON — The latest on President Barack Obama’s news conference ahead of his last overseas trip as president (all times EST):
5:30 p.m.
President Barack Obama says that he’s been unable to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, because of “congressional restrictions.”
In a news conference Monday ahead of his final overseas trip as president, Obama said he still would prefer to have Guantanamo inmates transferred to a facility under U.S. jurisdiction, saying, “we’d do it a lot cheaper. And just as safely.”