President Barack Obama begins overhauling US treatment of terror suspects
President Barack Obama began overhauling US treatment of terror suspects Thursday, signing orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, shut down secret overseas CIA prisons, review military war crimes trials and ban the harshest interrogation methods.
Barack Obama visited Saturday with US troops and Afghan officials in the war-weary nation of Afghanistan, which is the focal point of his proposed strategy for dealing with threats to the US if elected president.