Obama admits Guantanamo deadline will be missed

President Barack Obama today admitted he will miss his self-imposed deadline of January for closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison.

He refused to give a new date but said he expected it to shut sometime next year.

Mr Obama said he was not disappointed about missing the deadline, but realised that things moved slower in Washington than he expected.

He said, in an interview with Fox News, the timeline for closing Guantanamo will depend on cooperation from Congress.

About 220 detainees remain at the prison, and the administration must decide how to prosecute some in US courts and turn others over to other countries.