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Wide of US President Barack Obama, vice-president Joe Biden and retired military officers2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\"In order to effect the appropriate disposition of...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eWashington DC, US - 22 January 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of US President Barack Obama, vice-president Joe Biden and retired military officers\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"In order to effect the appropriate disposition of individuals currently detained by the Department of Defence at Guantanamo, and promptly to close the detention facility at Guantanamo, consistent with the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States and the interests of justice, I hereby order ... and we then provide the process whereby Guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Date Unknown\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid shot, sign at camp gate at Guantanamo base\u003cbr/\u003e4. Tilt up shot of guard patrolling through cells\u003cbr/\u003eWashington DC, US - 22 January 2009\u003cbr/\u003e5. Pan and zoom in to Obama signing executive order to close Guantanamo Bay\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE  (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is me following through on, not just a commitment I made during the campaign, but I think an understanding that dates back to our Founding Fathers, that we are willing to observe core standards of conduct, not just when it's easy, but also when it's hard.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Close-up of Obama signing executive order, UPSOUND: Obama \"There we go\", officials applaud\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close-up Vice President Joe Biden watching\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The message that we are sending around the world is that the United States intends to prosecute the ongoing struggle against violence and terrorism, and we are going to do so vigilantly, we are going to do so effectively and we are going to do so in a manner that is consistent with our values and our ideals.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Date Unknown\u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid shot detainees through fence\u003cbr/\u003eWashington DC, US - 22 January 2009\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We are not, as I said in the inauguration, going to continue with a false choice between our safety and our ideals.  We think that it is precisely our ideals that give us the strength and the moral high ground to be able to effectively deal with the unthinking violence that you see emanating from terrorist organisations from around the world.  We intend to win this fight; we are going to win it on our terms.\"\u003cbr/\u003eArlington, Virginia, US - 22 January 2009\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid shot of Defence Secretary Robert Gates taking seat\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Gates, US Defence Secretary:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Clearly the challenge that faces us and that I have acknowledged before is figuring out how do we close Guantanamo and at the same time safeguard the security of the American people and that is the challenge we will continue to face. I believe there are answers to those questions, but we clearly have a lot of work to do.\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, New York, US - 22 January 2009\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Ratner, President, Centre for Constitutional Rights:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, we are thrilled. I mean it is a huge victory. We began these cases seven years ago. We thought they were almost hopeless. We've won three times in the Supreme Court and each time the Congress has overridden the rights of Guantanamo detainees and so finally Obama has decided that in one year that camp will close. There will no longer be a prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. So, we are exhilarated.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWashington DC, US - 22 January 2009\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Mendelson, Director, Human Rights and Security Initiative, Centre for Strategic and International Studies:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that the Obama administration is right that there are complexities. This is not the most difficult thing in the world, there are ways to work through it. But it is not as simple as just releasing everybody on one single day.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, New York, US - 22 January 2009\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Ratner, President, Centre for Constitutional Rights:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think people will look back at this as we today look at the fact that we put Japanese American citizens into camps during the Second World War and I think they'll look at it with that kind of horror, because that is what this was, this was a horror. My view is that as much as Obama is turning the page on it and I think he is, is that you don't want the next President to go back and revert, and therefore we do feel that you need individual accountability for the horrors of the Bush administration, or you can get that created again. But I think this will be looked at as probably one of the darkest chapters in American history.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Date Unknown\u003cbr/\u003e17. Mid shot detainee through fence\u003cbr/\u003eMoving quickly to reverse many former Bush administration policies, US President Barack Obama signed orders on Thursday to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, to review military trials of terror suspects, and to ban torture as a method of interrogation of suspects.\u003cbr/\u003eObama's three executive orders and presidential directive reshape how the United States prosecutes and questions al-Qaida, Taliban or other \"terrorist\" suspects.\u003cbr/\u003eThey also mark a reversal of eight years of a secretive Bush administration policies that authorised harsh interrogations, the secret kidnapping and transferring of terror suspects, and a domestic surveillance programme.\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is me following through on, not just a commitment I made during the campaign, but I think an understanding that dates back to our Founding Fathers, that we are willing to observe core standards of conduct, not just when it's easy, but also when it's hard,\" Obama said.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We intend to win this fight. We're going to win it on our terms,\" the US leader added. \u003cbr/\u003eObama signed the order to shut down the Guantanamo prison within a year on his second day in office.\u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile, former detainees, human-rights advocates and government officials around the world welcomed the move on Guantanamo, as did Congressional Democrats. \u003cbr/\u003eBut it drew questions from Congressional Republican leaders.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Centre for Constitutional Rights, a legal group that has fought numerous cases on behalf of the Guantanamo detainees, applauded the new Obama administration's decision.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We began these cases seven years ago. We thought they were almost hopeless,\" said Michael Ratner, the group's president.\u003cbr/\u003e\"There will no longer be a prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. So, we are exhilarated,\" he added.\u003cbr/\u003eSarah Mendelson, the Director of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies' Human Rights and Security Initiative, also called Thursday's announcement a great first step.\u003cbr/\u003eBut Mendelson cautioned against expecting a quick release of any detainees.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that the Obama administration is right that there are complexities. This is not the most difficult thing in the world, there are ways to work through it.  But it is not as simple as just releasing everybody on one single day,\" she said.\u003cbr/\u003eCCR's President, Michael Ratner, believes the Guantanamo Bay detention camp will be viewed with horror in the future.\u003cbr/\u003eHe also wants to see the Obama administration pursue those who ordered detainee's treatment at the camp.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think this will be looked at as one of the darkest chapters in American history,\" Ratner told The Associated Press.\u003cbr/\u003eIn other orders, Obama created a task force to recommend policies on handling \"terror\" suspects detained in the future, and directed personnel to follows the U.S. Army Field manual during interrogations.\u003cbr/\u003eThe manual prohibits threats, coercion and physical abuse, though the administration is planning a study of more aggressive interrogation methods that could be added to the manual.\u003cbr/\u003eHe also ordered the CIA to close all its existing detention facilities abroad for \"terror\" suspects 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