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Biden administration launches review of Guantanamo Bay in effort to close military prison

The Biden administration Friday launched a review of the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to determine the prison’s fate over the next four years. White House correspondents told reporters...

Biden wants to close Guantanamo Bay prison

Unfulfilled promise from Obama’s term

Biden launches review of Guantanamo prison, aims to close it before leaving office

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden's aides have launched a formal review of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, reviving the Obama-era goal of closing the controversial facility with the aim of doing so before he leaves office, the White House said on Friday (Feb 12). Aides involved in ...

Biden wants to close prison at Guantanamo Bay: White House

US President Joe Biden wants to close the Guantanamo Bay prison for terror suspects before the end of his term, the White House said Friday, echoing an unfulfilled campaign promise from Barack Obama's administration. Asked at a press conference about a possible closure of the prison in Cuba during Biden's tenure, spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, "That certainly is our goal and our intention."She said the administration was working through the Nationa…

Biden administration intends to close 'Guantanamo' prison

An unidentified detainee in Camp 6 of Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, one of 41 Muslim men held in the prison camp. (Photo reviewed and cleared by U.S. military.)David Welna/NPRUS President Joe Biden’s aides have launched a formal review of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, reviving the Obama-era goal of closing the controversial facility with the aim of doing so before he leaves office, the White House said on Friday.Aides involve…

Biden launches review of Guantanamo prison, aims to close it before leaving office

Efforts to remove what human rights advocates have called a stain on America’s global image are underway