President-elect Barack Obama said he would shut down the `war on terror` internment camp at Guantanamo Bay and rebuild `America`s moral stature in the world,` in a major interview aired Sunday.

`I have said repeatedly that I intend to close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that,` the Democrat, who takes office on January 20, told the CBS program `60 Minutes.`

`I have said repeatedly that America doesn`t torture. And I`m going to make sure that we don`t torture. Those are part and parcel of an effort to regain America`s moral stature in the world,` Obama added.