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Biden Administration Quietly Steps Up Effort to Close Guantanamo [1]

['Jess Bravin']

Date: 2024-01

The U.S. has held alleged foreign terrorists at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba since 2002. Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is revamping its effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, for the first time appointing a senior diplomat to oversee detainee transfers and signaling it won’t interfere with plea negotiations that could resolve the long-stalled prosecution of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants.

After taking a low-profile approach to the matter for the first year of his term to avoid political controversy, President Biden is moving closer to fulfilling a campaign promise to shut the facility, people familiar with the matter said.

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