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Article: Obama meets families of USS Cole, Sept. 11 victims ; The president says it is the first of many forums he will hold with victims' kin.
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- Dayton Daily News
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- February 7, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama held an emotional meeting
Friday, Feb. 6, with relatives of victims of the bombing of the USS
Cole and the Sept. 11 attacks who still are waiting for justice to
be served years after the deadly acts of terrorism.
Obama promised the roughly 40 individuals who attended that the
meeting would be the first of many.
Some of the victims' family members said they welcomed Obama's
gesture even though they aren't entirely convinced that his decision
to close the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison, where terrorism suspects
are being detained, is the right thing to do.
Obama has expressed concerns that detainees have been held for
years without trial. He has signed an ...