Bolstered by recent rhetorical support from Pope Francis, the administration is signaling that it expects an even greater pace of transfers from Guantánamo in the coming weeks.
The New York Times said he appeared get off easy on what was expected to be one of the most contentious issues - the increased pace of transfers of detainees from the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Ultimately, the frustration contributed to Obama firing Hagel in 2014, although officials today say intransigence persists, even as the pace of transfers has accelerated to the point where Guantánamo is down to 91 detainees.
Ayotte jumped on that report in her questioning of Carter: Ayotte: I would ask you, soon-to-be-Secretary Carter, to tell us, and make a commitment to this committee, that you will not succumb to any pressure by this administration to increase the pace of transfers from Guantánamo.
Russia, France and Germany, the countries that had most visibly opposed the war, issued a joint statement saying, "We believe that the resolution should have gone further on two major issues: first, the role of the United Nations, in particular in the political process, and second, the pace of the transfer of responsibilities to the Iraqi people".
It is due to a conviction that the world is an ever-smaller place because of increasing population density, rising rates of international migration, and the rapidly accelerating pace of information transfer [ 4].
More than a year into a petista government, the pace of land transfers to peasants has been slack.
If the pace of these transfers does not dramatically increase, by the end of President Obama's second term, the majority of Guantanamo detainees there today will have been held without trial for almost 15 years.
By noon on Thursday, 1 September, the pace of admissions and transfers was stabilizing at near record levels.
They say their goal is to pace the transfer of technology to China so that Taiwan retains a viable industry of its own.
