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Jul 19

First Guantanamo detainee sent to home country in policy shift

By Dino Hazell, Associated Press

The Biden administration transferred a Guantánamo Bay detainee to his home country for the first time, a policy shift from the Trump presidency that repatriated a Moroccan man.

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Jan 30

US pauses plan to give virus vaccine to Guantanamo prisoners

By Associated Press

Pentagon chief spokesman John Kirby said in a tweet Saturday that the Defense Department would be “pausing” the plan to give the vaccination to those held at Guantanamo while it reviews measures to protect troops who work there.

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Jan 23

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Obama wanted to close Gitmo. Will Biden be able to finally do it?

By PBS NewsHour

President Biden’s Secretary of Defense, General LLoyd Austin has said he would follow through on President Obama’s efforts to close Guantanamo Bay, the prison for terrorism detainees. Today, its population is down to nearly 40, including six detainees cleared for…

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Sep 19

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Why the cost of holding prisoners at Guantanamo Bay keeps rising

The cost of running Guantanamo Bay’s prison and court system climbed by nearly $90 million from 2013 to 2018, even though the number of prisoners housed there has fallen. Amna Nawaz talks to The New York Times' Carol Rosenberg about…

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Sep 19

Court calls U.S. ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ torture

By Associated Press

Abu Zubaydah has been held without charge since September 2006 at the detention center on the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Aug 30

Trial in 9/11 case at Guantanamo gets early 2021 start date

By Associated Press

The U.S. has charged five men with planning and aiding the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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Feb 01

Trump signed an executive order to keep the Guantanamo Bay prison open. Will anything change?

By Saher Khan

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he had signed an executive order to keep the Guantanamo Bay prison open, but the move might bring about all that much change.

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Jan 31

What did Trump say — and not say — about foreign policy in Tuesday’s speech?

By Larisa Epatko

We asked experts what they learned -- and what they didn't -- from Trump's remarks on global issues during his first State of the Union.

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Jan 30

Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo military prison open

By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order announcing his intent to keep the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay open, the White House announced Tuesday.

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Dec 21

Jim Mattis is the first Pentagon chief to visit Guantanamo since 2002

By Robert Burns, Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited the American Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to offer holiday greetings to troops Thursday. It was the first trip there by a Pentagon chief in almost 16 years.

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