Obama Gives Speech on Guantanamo May 21

Update 5-21: See the full video and read the transcript here.  

Other than talking about the importance of closing Guantanamo, Obama's speech content is under wraps. (The speech starts at 10:10 eastern and will likely be live streamed at cnn.com and msnbc.) The Senate has blocked funding for closing Gitmo until Obama has a detailed plan, which is not expected to be announced tomorrow, according to the NYT. See what Robert Gibbs had to say here.
But could Obama have something else up his sleeve? Perhaps a few countries have decided to take the prisoners? Hmmmmm.
Obama will speak at the National Archives, where historic documents such as the original United States Constitution and Declaration of Independence are displayed.
Obama has an ally in Lindsey Graham.

Despite being rebuffed overwhelmingly by the Senate on financing to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, President Obama will not provide lawmakers the kind of detail they are demanding when he addresses that and other national security issues on Thursday, the White House said.

“I don’t expect that he’s going to hand out a 100-page plan that will have every decision made,’’ Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, said at his daily briefing Wednesday. Instead, he said, Mr. Obama will discuss the decisions that must be made before the prison can be closed, and will make the case that Guantanamo “has hurt our image in the world and our reputation, and it’s hurt our national security.’’....

“I think the president’s going to have to reassure people that he has not lost sight of who we are dealing with at Guantanamo,’’ said Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, who favors closing the prison and has been consulting with Mr. Obama. “He needs to convince people that he’s got a game plan that will protect us as well as be fair to the detainees. If he can do that, then we’re back on track. But if he doesn’t make that case, then we’ve lost control of this debate.’’
NYT