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Outgoing President Barack Obama plans to release and transfer 17 or 18 of the remaining 59 prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba before leaving office next month, according to the New York Times.
The Times reports that the prisoners are set to be released to Italy, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
By law, the Pentagon must notify Congress 30 days before a prisoner transfer, so the deadline for transferring prisoners under Obama’s watch was Monday. And according to the Times, Obama already had his plan set in motion.