Closing Guantanamo, Opening Up the LAUSD

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Charlie Beck starts his first term as Chief of the LAPD and the LA School District begins farming out schools to outside operators. On our rebroadcast of To the Point, to make good on his promise to close Guantanamo Bay, President Obama needs to re-locate more than 200 prisoners. One likely location in northwestern Illinois has set off a political firestorm.

Charlie Beck is the unanimous choice of the City Council as the next Chief of the LAPD.  Also, the battle begins for control of 36 schools LA Unified. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, to make good on his promise to close Guantanamo Bay, President Obama needs to re-locate more than 200 prisoners. One likely location in northwestern Illinois has set off a political firestorm, and there's ongoing dispute over how to clear up all those cases.


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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Sonya Geis, Frances Anderton