President Bush rejected on Friday a suggestion by Germany’s new chancellor that the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, be shut down. The camp on the
U.S. Navy base there is “a necessary part of protecting the American people,” Bush said after meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House. In a joint news conference, Merkel said she raised the issue with Bush, and she described it as one of the differences between the United States and Germany. Full Story
