However, the White House is retaining the practice of holding Guantanamo's detainees indefinitely.
Lawyers fighting against the government's detention policies, though, said that things remain practically the same despite the changes.
Reactions to the announcement differed sharply. Military Families United saw the change as a "drastic dismantling of the war on terror." The American Civil Liberties Union called it "deeply troubling" because it retained an "overly broad interpretation" of who can be held as a war prisoner. (LA Times)
Obama administration dropping 'enemy combatant' term
MiamiHerald.com - 5 hours ago
Seeking to distance itself from the Bush administration, the Justice Department is omitting 'enemy combatant' from its filing that defines detention of prisoners at Guantánamo.
No more 'enemy combatants' at Guantanamo Bay Los Angeles Times
US Won’t Label Terror Suspects as ‘Combatants’ New York Times
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Rush Limbaugh predicted he wouldn't be able to close Gitmo. There's no place to put these guys, unless Nancy Pelosi has a room at her mansion...
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