Closing Quote by Jennifer Daskal

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

Sometimes people decide to write reports even though they haven't been to Guantanamo . And so I would just suggest that people look at…

— Condoleezza Rice

“A total of 779 prisoners have been held at Guantánamo since the facility was opened on January 11, 2002. Of those, 8 have died…

— Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba

Keeping this facility [Guantanamo prison] open is contrary to our values. It undermines our standing in the world. It is viewed as a stain…

— Audie Cornish

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

With respect to Guantanamo, Guantanamo was a place that historically has been used to return individuals who are interdicted at sea. That is not…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

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

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

— Noam Chomsky

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

I have said repeatedly that I intend to close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that. I have said repeatedly that America doesn't…

— Barack Obama

Here's the bigger problem with all this, we're not interrogating anybody right now. Guantanamo's being emptied by this president. We should be putting people…

— Marco Rubio

I think you have to repudiate torture and I think you have to end what's going on at Guantanamo and you have to live…

— Wesley Clark