President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed his 2008 campaign promise to close the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where terror suspects have been held since 2002, and begin the transfer of some prisoners to other countries. A look the facility's history:Full story
MIAMI (Reuters) - Among those tuning in to President Barack Obama's national security speech on Thursday were some prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, who rely on television broadcasts and newspapers for hints about their fate. Full story
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's government has freed 23 political prisoners, a senior interior ministry official said on Friday, the day President Thein Sein was due to leave for a landmark visit to the United States. Full story
Attorney General Eric Holder renewed the Obama administration's vow to close the Guantanamo Bay prison on Tuesday, where a six-man hunger strikes is now in its third month. The Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg joins Alex Wagner to discuss the latest on Gitmo.
100 prisoners at Gunatanamo remain on hunger strike, protesting being detained for years, often without charges, as President Obama says we “should reflect on why exactly we’re doing this.” NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports.
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President Obama had planned to close Guantanamo Bay as soon as he took office, but after being blocked by Congress and the military court system, and coping with the detainees’ hunger strike, there’s no easy solution for the facility that costs taxpayers $800 million a year. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell re
An Army Chaplain who carried wounded soldiers from battle and risked his life to feed fellow POWs was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor Thursday, the highest military decoration in the U.S. NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski reports.
POW Colonel, U.S. Air Force Retired Wayne Waddell, who was held prisoner from 1967 until March 4, 1973, tours the exhibit at the 40th anniversary of the homecoming of Vietnam POWs at Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California May 23, 2013. Two hundred POWs are attending
POW Colonel, U.S. Air Force Retired Tom McNish, who was held prisoner from 1966 until 1973, looks at a photograph of himself at the exhibit for the 40th anniversary of the homecoming of Vietnam POWs at Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California May 23, 2013. Two hundred
POW Captain, U.S. Navy Retired Paul Schulz, who was held prisoner from November 16, 1967 until March 14, 1973, arrives at the 40th anniversary of the homecoming of Vietnam POWs at Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California May 23, 2013. Two hundred POWs are attending a
POW Colonel, U.S. Air Force Retired Wayne Waddell, who was held prisoner from 1967 until March 4, 1973, arrives at the 40th anniversary of the homecoming of Vietnam POWs at Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California May 23, 2013. Two hundred POWs are attending a three-d
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