Gitmo to close; war on terror goes on
Updated on 22 January 2009
President Barack Obama orders the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay be shut down within a year.
The new president also outlawed the use of coercion, physical abuse and water-boarding in the interrogation of terror suspects.
President Obama said he wanted to send a message to the world that while the United States intended to carry on the fight against violence and terrorism, it would now do so "in a manner that is consistent with our values and ideals".
