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At Guantanamo, a costly confinement

Every day, the workers in the Guantanamo Bay kitchen cook three squares for the detainees held here.

Guantanamo Bay Detainees Are Hunger-Striking for Change

In the run-up to the 2008 presidential election, then-candidate Barack Obama repeatedly vowed to close the United States Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba—citing the camp’s history of abuse and the horrific pall it cast over the country’s reputation abroad.

How did hunger strike spread at Guantanamo Bay?

The Moment When Barack Obama Decided Not To Close Guantánamo Bay

Breaking a major campaign promise.

Opinion: Stop force-feeding, close it

It has taken almost three months and more than 100 men embarking on a life-threatening hunger strike for President Obama to remind himself and the nation why the prison at Guantanamo Bay needs to be closed.

What it costs to keep Guantanamo Bay open

Running the prison camp costs the Pentagon more than $150 million a year -- just over $900,000 for each of the 166 detainees at the facility, located on a Navy base on the eastern end of Cuba. By comparison, costs for a typical federal prison inmate run about $25,000 a year; at the "supermax" prison in Colorado that holds domestic terrorists Eric Rudolph and Ted Kaczynski, it's about $60,000.

After 10 years in captivity, Guantanamo Bay prisoner says Obama has 'abandoned' detainees

WASHINGTON - A Guantanamo Bay detainee says he feels abandoned by President Barack Obama and the world after more than 10 years at the U.S. prison.

Barack Obama has 'abandoned' detainees, Guantanamo Bay prisoner says

WASHINGTON—A Guantanamo Bay detainee says he feels abandoned by President Barack Obama and the world after more than 10 years at the U.

Video: Obama revives push to close Guantanamo Bay

President Obama tells CBS News correspondent Bill Plante he plans to revisit his push to close the U.S. military-run detention center Guantanamo Bay, and will ask lawmakers "who care about fighting terrorism to step up."

Here's a Great Chance to Close Guantanamo Bay

If you have a keen memory, you may recall that U.S. president and Hellfire missile proponent Barack Obama once promised to close down our prison at Guantanamo Bay, where hope and civil rights go to die. That never happened, of course. But now, Obama has a golden opportunity to shut that motherfucker down. Read more...