Tag: Guantanamo Bay

Ludacris' show will be seen and heard by the 6,000 people who live in and around the base, including troops, their families and Defense Department contractors. (Photo by Katie Darby/Invision/AP, File)

National Security

Ludacris to put on July 4 show at Guantanamo Bay

Joshua Axelrod · June 28, 2016 5:21 pm

An al Qaeda Veteran Released From Gitmo Has Gone Missing

Stephen F. Hayes · June 27, 2016 12:22 am

A Guantanamo Bay detainee who had been in federal custody for 14 years has been transferred to Montenegro, according to the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)

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Osama bin Laden’s body guard transferred out of Guantanamo Bay

Anna Giaritelli · June 23, 2016 3:35 am

Earnest said the administration’s efforts to find legal ways to close the prison is ongoing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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White House: No comment on Lynch opposition to Gitmo plan

Nicole Duran · June 21, 2016 5:45 pm

Attorney General Loretta Lynch claims the latest plan to close Guantanamo Bay violates the rules of the criminal justice system. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Report: Lynch opposes new plan to empty Gitmo

Gabriella Ciuffetelli · June 21, 2016 4:11 pm

Anonymous sources told Reuters that without an executive action, closing Guantanamo Bay would fall on Congress and the overturn of a ban of bringing the remaining prisoners to prisons in the United States. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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Report: No executive order to shutter Gitmo

Kelly Cohen · June 13, 2016 5:04 pm

Poor decisions are being made about Guantanamo right now because there is little time remaining in Obama's second term. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Catching and releasing terrorists

Washington Examiner · June 13, 2016 4:01 am

These detainees aren't in Gitmo for parking tickets ... they want to kill Americans," said Sen. Mike Lee. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

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Senator: Keep Guantanamo Bay open

Robert King · June 11, 2016 3:35 pm

National Security

Obama threatens to veto Senate’s defense policy bill

Pete Kasperowicz · June 8, 2016 12:20 am

The mass movement intensifies a strategy the administration is relying on to empty the military prison in Cuba before Obama leaves office. (AP Photo/Ben Fox, File)

National Security

Report: Obama orders 30 Gitmo prisoners transferred

Nicole Duran · June 5, 2016 5:09 pm

Steve Daines introduced a bill Thursday that would ban the transfer or release of Guantanamo Bay detainees until either the end of this year or enactment of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. (AP Photo)

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Republicans attempt to head off Gitmo closure

David Wilkes · May 27, 2016 8:31 pm

"I can't imagine where anyone wouldn't want to have this in the bill," said Sen. Kelly Ayotte. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Ayotte’s provision on female guards at Gitmo has support in Senate, House

Jacqueline Klimas · May 25, 2016 8:15 pm