Guantanamo prison to stay open for at least 25 years
Former president Barack Obama had vowed to close the United States military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but now it will stay open for at least 25 years, the officer in charge of the facility said on Tuesday.
Rear Admiral John Ring said the prison, which holds several alleged plotters of the Sept 11, 2001, attacks, is focused on readiness to make "sure that the facilities are going to last for 25 years".
In January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order, reversing his predecessor's ultimately fruitless 2009 directive to shutter the facility that has drawn global scorn.
Following Trump's move, "they told us we are going to be here for 25 years or more", said Rear-Adm Ring, Commander of Joint Task Force Guantanamo.
