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All About Guantanamo Bay, Donald Trump's Proposed Destination For Illegal Immigrants
Guantanamo Bay, a US military prison in Cuba, has housed terrorism suspects since 2002. Under Trump, plans to detain 30,000 migrants emerged.
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For Guantanamo Prisoners, Questions Loom As Donald Trump's Era Begins
As journalists passed along a darkened corridor at the Guantanamo Bay lockup, a detainee displayed a hand-painted sign through the one-way glass of his cellblock: A white question mark against a blue background, the dot in the shape of a padlock.
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Barack Obama Makes Final Attempt To Persuade Congress To Close Guantanamo
President Barack Obama launched a final push on Tuesday to persuade Congress to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but lawmakers, opposed to rehousing detainees in the United States, declared his plan a non-starter.
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Barack Obama Plans To Close Guantanamo Proposes 13 Potential US Transfer Sites
A Pentagon plan to close the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would transfer detainees to any of 13 potential sites on US soil but does not identify the facilities or endorse a specific one, administration officials said today.
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US Congress Extends Ban on Guantanamo Prison Closure
The US Congress extended a ban Tuesday on the transfer of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay to the United States, in a bid to block any attempt by President Barack Obama to close the military prison.
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US Lawmakers Await Barack Obama Plan to Shutter Guantanamo
US lawmakers, frustrated at President Barack Obama's failure to submit a plan to shutter Guantanamo, announced on Tuesday they will bar for another year any detainee transfers from the controversial prison to American soil.
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Belgium Arrests 2 Ex-Guantanamo Inmates on Terrorism Charges
Belgium has arrested two former detainees of Guantanamo prison on charges of terrorism, saying the men are suspected of seeking recruits to fight in Syria, the federal prosecutor's office said on Friday.
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US in Touch With Qatar About Taliban Detainee Agreement: White House
US officials have been in touch with leaders in Qatar about five Taliban detainees transferred there from the Guantanamo Bay prison and steps needed to protect the American people, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Friday.
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Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Omar Khadr Released on Bail
A Canadian appellate court released former Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr on bail Thursday, rejecting the government's attempt to keep him in prison while he fights a US conviction for murdering an American soldier.
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United Nations to House Ex-Guantanamo Inmates in Uruguay
The United Nations refugee agency will provide homes to six former detainees of the US military prison in Guantanamo who have struggled to resettle in Uruguay, the country's president said on Friday.
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Uruguay Says Won't Take More Guantanamo Inmates
Uruguay, the only South American country to take in detainees from the US military prison at Guantanamo, said Monday it will not accept any more.
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Obama Vows to 'Do Everything I Can' to Close Guantanamo
United States President Barack Obama has said, in a TV interview set for broadcast on Sunday, that he will do "everything I can" to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after four Afghan detainees held there were sent home.
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European Union Guantanamo Delegation Calls For Flexible Prison Conditions
A delegation of five European officials recommended on Wednesday that inmates cleared for release from the US military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, be jailed under more flexible conditions, an aide said.
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US Quietly Moves Detainees Out of Secretive Afghanistan Prison
The Obama administration has quietly repatriated a dozen detainees from a small U.S. military prison in Afghanistan, moving a modest step closer toward winding down the United States' controversial post-9/11 detainee system.
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Inside the White House's Decision to Free Bergdahl
For President Barack Obama, it seemed like the right thing to do, according to officials in his administration: Release five Taliban detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison in return for Bowe Bergdahl, the only known American prisoner of war in Afghanistan.
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All About Guantanamo Bay, Donald Trump's Proposed Destination For Illegal Immigrants
Guantanamo Bay, a US military prison in Cuba, has housed terrorism suspects since 2002. Under Trump, plans to detain 30,000 migrants emerged.
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For Guantanamo Prisoners, Questions Loom As Donald Trump's Era Begins
As journalists passed along a darkened corridor at the Guantanamo Bay lockup, a detainee displayed a hand-painted sign through the one-way glass of his cellblock: A white question mark against a blue background, the dot in the shape of a padlock.
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Barack Obama Makes Final Attempt To Persuade Congress To Close Guantanamo
President Barack Obama launched a final push on Tuesday to persuade Congress to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but lawmakers, opposed to rehousing detainees in the United States, declared his plan a non-starter.
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Barack Obama Plans To Close Guantanamo Proposes 13 Potential US Transfer Sites
A Pentagon plan to close the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would transfer detainees to any of 13 potential sites on US soil but does not identify the facilities or endorse a specific one, administration officials said today.
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US Congress Extends Ban on Guantanamo Prison Closure
The US Congress extended a ban Tuesday on the transfer of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay to the United States, in a bid to block any attempt by President Barack Obama to close the military prison.
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US Lawmakers Await Barack Obama Plan to Shutter Guantanamo
US lawmakers, frustrated at President Barack Obama's failure to submit a plan to shutter Guantanamo, announced on Tuesday they will bar for another year any detainee transfers from the controversial prison to American soil.
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Belgium Arrests 2 Ex-Guantanamo Inmates on Terrorism Charges
Belgium has arrested two former detainees of Guantanamo prison on charges of terrorism, saying the men are suspected of seeking recruits to fight in Syria, the federal prosecutor's office said on Friday.
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US in Touch With Qatar About Taliban Detainee Agreement: White House
US officials have been in touch with leaders in Qatar about five Taliban detainees transferred there from the Guantanamo Bay prison and steps needed to protect the American people, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Friday.
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Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Omar Khadr Released on Bail
A Canadian appellate court released former Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr on bail Thursday, rejecting the government's attempt to keep him in prison while he fights a US conviction for murdering an American soldier.
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United Nations to House Ex-Guantanamo Inmates in Uruguay
The United Nations refugee agency will provide homes to six former detainees of the US military prison in Guantanamo who have struggled to resettle in Uruguay, the country's president said on Friday.
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Uruguay Says Won't Take More Guantanamo Inmates
Uruguay, the only South American country to take in detainees from the US military prison at Guantanamo, said Monday it will not accept any more.
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Obama Vows to 'Do Everything I Can' to Close Guantanamo
United States President Barack Obama has said, in a TV interview set for broadcast on Sunday, that he will do "everything I can" to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after four Afghan detainees held there were sent home.
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European Union Guantanamo Delegation Calls For Flexible Prison Conditions
A delegation of five European officials recommended on Wednesday that inmates cleared for release from the US military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, be jailed under more flexible conditions, an aide said.
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US Quietly Moves Detainees Out of Secretive Afghanistan Prison
The Obama administration has quietly repatriated a dozen detainees from a small U.S. military prison in Afghanistan, moving a modest step closer toward winding down the United States' controversial post-9/11 detainee system.
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Inside the White House's Decision to Free Bergdahl
For President Barack Obama, it seemed like the right thing to do, according to officials in his administration: Release five Taliban detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison in return for Bowe Bergdahl, the only known American prisoner of war in Afghanistan.
