Closing Quote by Chuck Hagel

Many of the vicious criminals held there have been caught on the battlefield fighting against American troops and shutting down Guantanamo Bay would just…

— Bill Shuster

Sources say the Obama administration is in the 'final stages' of planning the closing of Guantanamo Bay. The way it's gonna work is, they're…

— Jimmy Fallon

I'm sure if there is a debate, Guantanamo Bay must be closed. And it should be closed, because it does not belong in a…

— Mohamedou Ould Slahi

I believe that we need to set conditions to close the detention facility at Guantanamo. This includes retaining the option to transfer detainees from…

— Pete Visclosky

...the facility at Guantanamo Bay is necessary to national security.

— Jeff Miller

It's true that I have not been able to completely close Guantanamo, but we've drastically reduced the population from 700 or so to around 60 now.

— Barack Obama

Second, the facility at Guantanamo Bay is necessary to national security.

— Jeff Miller

We aren't using Guantanamo Bay anymore to take additional terrorists. That was the perfect facility to be able to use to extract information from…

— Michele Bachmann

In addition to being a terrorist recruiting tool, Guantanamo is a huge drain on taxpayer dollars.

— Dianne Feinstein

Let me say this: I believe closing Guantanamo is in our Nation's national security interest. Guantanamo is used not only by al-Qaida, but also…

— Dianne Feinstein

Guantanamo is still open, but it's unlikely that serious torture is going on at Guantanamo. There is just too much inspection.

— Noam Chomsky

American soldiers had to guard prisoners on the inside while receiving mortar and weapons fire from the outside. Guantanamo is distant from any battlefield,…

— John Yoo