The admission confirmed widespread speculation about a process plagued by legal and logistical obstacles from the start. Though not a surprise, it will provide Mr Obama's critics with more evidence that he has so far promised more than he can deliver. Mr Obama "knew this was going to be hard," he told Fox News in China before leaving for South Korea. In a separate interview with NBC he argued that many deadlines on which he was reported to be slipping had been set by the media, not his administration, but he acknowledged that on Guantanamo "We had a specific deadline that was missed." Nothing symbolised the new President's resolve to break with the policies of his predecessor more clearly than his order on January 22 that the detainee camp be closed by January 2010.
Mr Obama "knew this was going to be hard," he told Fox News in China before leaving for South Korea. In a separate interview with NBC he argued that many deadlines on which he was reported to be slipping had been set by the media, not his administration, but he acknowledged that on Guantanamo "We had a specific deadline that was missed."
Nothing symbolised the new President's resolve to break with the policies of his predecessor more clearly than his order on January 22 that the detainee camp be closed by January 2010.
