Editing Enemy combatant (section)

==Obama presidency abandons the term==

On March 13, 2009, [[United States Attorney General]] [[Eric Holder]] issued a statement that the United States had abandoned the Bush administration term "enemy combatant".<ref>{{cite news |url         =https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE52C59220090314?sp=true |title= Guantanamo inmates no longer "enemy combatants" |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=March 14, 2009 |first=Randal |last=Mikkelson  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111122438/https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE52C59220090314?sp=true |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/us-defines-its-claim-to-detention-power/#more-8978 |title=U.S. defines its claim to detention power |publisher=[[Scotusblog]] |date=March 13, 2009 |first=Lyle |last=Denniston |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008173423/http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/us-defines-its-claim-to-detention-power/#more-8978 |archive-date=October 8, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
The statement said, "As we work toward developing a new policy to govern detainees, it is essential that we operate in a manner that strengthens our national security, is consistent with our values, and is governed by law." However, various human rights groups noted it as primarily a symbolic act.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/13/AR2009031302371_2.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=U.S. Retires 'Enemy Combatant,' Keeps Broad Right to Detain |date=March 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224202938/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/13/AR2009031302371_2.html |archive-date=February 24, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2019 the United States continues to hold 40 detainees at the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Carol |last=Rosenberg |title=The Cost of Running Guantánamo Bay: $13 Million Per Prisoner |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 16, 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/us/politics/guantanamo-bay-cost-prison.html |access-date=January 4, 2020}}</ref>