He promised, too, that his Administration would not continue indefinite detention without indictment or trial and, of course, that it would put a definitive end to the use of torture.
The plan would require congressional Republicans to reverse laws preventing detainees from coming to the U.S., but would continue indefinite detention.
In that speech at the National Archives, Mr. Obama said that he was considering continuing indefinite detention in some limited cases but that he would not act unilaterally.
About 9,000 employees were already off the job today, some for a 24-hour strike and some continuing indefinite strikes begun Monday.
It went on to say "Narendra Modi's fast is getting major response and the continuing indefinite fast of 100-odd people for seven days in Idinthakarai in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu for life and livelihood which is supported by a gathering of more than 15,000 is being ignored".
Many remain at Guantánamo, whether cleared for release or marked for continued indefinite imprisonment by the US government.
If these men are moved to the United States, they know all too well that US courts taking up the somewhat novel legal issues relating to their continuing, indefinite military imprisonment might embrace and entrench, in the context of stateside detention, the problematic body of law that already arose out of the Guantánamo experiment.
The Administration's decision to assign prisoners "personal representatives" rather than lawyers, and to allow continued indefinite detention based on classified evidence, reflects a serious limitation in the new order that parallels the problems I've previously pointed out about the review system in Afghanistan.
As the Manchester band continue their indefinite hiatus, all Doves' members are working on their own music, plus at least one film soundtrack.
Air France continued the indefinite grounding of its elegant, needle-nosed jets, planes often used by celebrities willing to pay nearly $11,000 round-trip to cross the Atlantic in three and half hours, half the time of other commercial airliners.
In Wales, our members at the national museums are continuing their indefinite strike against an attempt to get staff to sign new contracts that could see them lose £3,000 a year.
