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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told Americans on Tuesday that 2014 should be the year to finally close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay as the United States winds down its military role in Afghanistan and shifts away from a "permanent war footing."
In his annual State of the Union address, Obama renewed his old vow - dating back to the start of his presidency five years ago - to shut the internationally condemned jail at the U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, and he called on Congress for further action to help him do so.
"This needs to be the year Congress lifts the remaining restrictions on detainee transfers and we close the prison at Guantanamo Bay," Obama said. "Because we counter terrorism not just through intelligence and military action, but by remaining true to our constitutional ideals and setting an example for the rest of the world."
Obama stopped short of offering any new prescriptions on how he intends to empty Guantanamo of its remaining 155 prisoners. They were rounded up overseas after the September 11, 2001, attacks and have been held without trial ever since.
But after U.S. lawmakers made it easier late last year to transfer Guantanamo inmates to their home countries, Obama is in a better position than before to gradually reduce the detainee population. But he said Congress needed to give him further flexibility.
The effort to close Guantanamo is a critical part of Obama's broader drive to roll back some of the most controversial aspects of the global fight against Islamist militants as he presses ahead with plans to formally end the long, unpopular war in Afghanistan by the end of the year.
Obama has already sought to narrow the scope of the deadly U.S. drone campaign against al Qaeda and its allies, and recently announced reforms in surveillance activities triggered by former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden's revelations.
"Even as we aggressively pursue terrorist networks - through more targeted efforts and by building the capacity of our foreign partners - America must move off a permanent war footing," Obama said.
Opened by President George W. Bush in 2002, Guantanamo became a symbol of the excesses of his administration's "war on terror" interrogation and detention practices.
Obama failed to meet his promise to close the prison within a year of taking office in early 2009, and although he has since
recommitted to his pledge, he was reluctant until now to set a new time frame for achieving it.
His renewed promise followed congressional passage in December of a broader defence spending bill that loosened some restrictions on Obama's ability to send more of the Guantanamo detainees home.
Despite that, he still faces major obstacles to shutting Guantanamo. Lawmakers refused to budge on a ban on bringing Guantanamo prisoners to the U.S. mainland.
On top of that, complications remain with Yemen, where U.S. officials fear released prisoners might join up with an active al Qaeda branch. Yemen's government also has yet to build a long-promised detention centre for any prisoners sent home.
Obama also used his speech to reassure a war-weary American public that the U.S. military was on track to withdraw from Afghanistan after more than a decade of war there.
"We will complete our mission there by the end of this year, and America's longest war will finally be over," he said.
He also sent a thinly veiled message to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who is locked in a test of wills with Washington over efforts to reach a long-term security pact that would enable a small contingent of U.S. forces to remain in the country beyond 2014.
The White House has warned that it will resort to a "zero option," pulling out all U.S. forces at the end of the year unless he signs a security deal soon.
(Additional reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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Apple offers $100 credit to iPhone early buyers
Responding to widespread anger from early purchasers of the iPhone over $200 price cuts announced yesterday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs today published an open letter offering a $100 Apple Store credit to any customer who purchased an iPhone at its original $499 or $599 price points, and is not already receiving a rebate or other compensation from the company. Jobs simultaneously explained the company's reasons for the price cut, apologized, and acknowledged its need to "do the right thing for our valued iPhone customers."
"There is always change and improvement, and there is always someone who bought a product before a particular cutoff date and misses the new price or the new operating system or the new whatever," explained Jobs. "This is life in the technology lane."
"[E]ven though we are making the right decision to lower the price of iPhone," Jobs continued, "and even though the technology road is bumpy, we need to do a better job taking care of our early iPhone customers as we aggressively go after new ones with a lower price. Our early customers trusted us, and we must live up to that trust with our actions in moments like these."
According to Jobs, details of the $100 credit "are still being worked out and will be posted on Apple's website next week." The credit will be available through Apple retail or online locations.
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Yes I don't usually post to this or any other forum. But I am one person who bought a Iphone early. Did I know the price was going to come down? Yes. I did not want to WAIT so I paid the asking price. Did I feal cheated with the price drop? Yes.
Some people do not realize Apple is a busniess and will be run like a busness. I like the company and there products and I like the way they take care of the product after the sale.
The 100 credit was a way of showing Steve is listening. Was the price drop to much and to fast for my wallet? Yes. But that is the price you and I payed to be the FIRST with this product.
Those of you like myself who missed the price drop should just be thankful that we will get anything back and move on. I like my phone, I still like Apple products and I will still buy them and be satisfied with what I PAYED FOR THEM or I will not buy them at all!
A hard and fast rule that I and others do not always follow is NEVER buy the first of any product. If we we choose not to follow this then we have know one to blame but ourselves.
Posted by Foolishthoughts on September 9, 2007 at 8:20 AM (CDT)
Uhm, actually, it isn't brilliant it's just usual business behavior. But what do they think?
"Hey I just paid 200$ for a couple of weeks but if I spent another 200+$ I'll get 100 back."
Posted by kl239 on September 9, 2007 at 7:58 PM (CDT)
Happy?? They rip off all of us who stood in line for hours, and you people are happy over $100. I want $300, $200 for the phone and $100 for the hassel and I want it in cash. Thats what I gave them.
Posted by Carol on September 12, 2007 at 12:35 PM (CDT)
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