I believe the current situation is that Congress blocked the closure, and Obama has not pushed it as a major issue since then. He did sign an executive order l

I believe the current situation is that Congress blocked the closure, and Obama has not pushed it as a major issue since then. He did sign an executive order laying out a high-level plan for transferring the detainees and closing Guantanamo (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/closure-guantanamo-detention-facilities http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/closure-guantanam...). But it was not implemented particularly quickly, and Congress eventually prohibited further progress on the plan (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/8/congress-deals-death-blow-gitmo-closure/?page=all http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/8/congress-deal...).