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President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 on Wednesday, giving his stamp of approval to a Pentagon spending bill that will keep Guantanamo Bay open and make indefinite detention for US citizens as likely as ever.

http://rt.com/usa/news/obama-ndaa-detention-president-288/



Groups Decry Obama s Failure to Close Guantanamo

By Jim Lobe

For the second year in a row, Obama failed to follow through on his threat and close Guantanamo.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33523.htm



Unmasking the NRA s Inner Circle

The NRA s shadowy leaders include the CEO who sells Bushmaster assault rifles and a top director who lives in Newtown.

http://is.gd/uSbd0h


From Information Clearing House

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Center for Constitutional Rights Condemns President Obama for Signing NDAA
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/01/03-2

Obama Signs NDAA 2013 Without Objecting to Indefinite Detention of Americans
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/01/04

The Pentagon as a Global NRA
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/14

How Obsequious Media Coverage Perpetuates NRA Mythology
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/16-8

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Groups Decry Obama s Failure to Close Guantanamo

Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service: For the second year in a row, Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which was passed by both houses of Congress last month and authorizes the Pentagon to spend 633 billion dollars on Guantanamo in 2013.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13727-groups-decry-obamas-failure-to-close-guantanamo



How About Gun Control for the Pentagon?

Laura Flanders, The Nation: If you think American weapons are a problem in the US, look at the damage they are doing abroad.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13892-how-about-gun-control-for-the-pentagon

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Renewing FISA and the NDAA Under Cover of the Fiscal Cliff Debates
http://lewrockwell.com/whitehead/whitehead67.1.html

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Indefinite detention without charges or trial
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/21879.html



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