Time- June 10, 2013

Why Gitmo Will never close

• vocabulary
1. apparatus-設備
2. gauge-估計
3. rhetoric-修辭
4. thwart-阻撓
5. incarcerated-to put in jail, to confine
6. colloquially-口語
7. drone strike-無人戰機攻擊
8. scuffle-打架
9. congregating-聚集
10. inmate-犯人
11. complacency-自滿
12. habeas corpus-(Latin) a legal mechanism to end detention of a suspect
13. punt-踢
• quote
1. America must "observe the core standards of conduct not just when it's easy but also when it's hard",
2. Obama in May 2009 "I refused to pass it on to somebody else. It is my repsonsibility to solve the problem."
3. The WMA calls it "ethical to allow a determined hunger strikers to die."
4. Lately Obama has tried speaking the language Republicans best understand- spending
5. He may find the moral high ground he seeks is simply out of his reach.