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Obama Submits Guantanamo Closure Plan to Congress - Reports

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Obama Submits Guantanamo Closure Plan to Congress - Reports

15:28 GMT 23.02.2016 (Updated: 10:46 GMT 06.08.2022)

US President Barack Obama listens a question during a meeting with the U.S. Governors Association at the White House in Washington February 22, 2016. - Sputnik International

US President Barack Obama has submitted the long anticipated plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to the US Congress, local media reported on Tuesday.

In this photo, reviewed by the US Military, a guard leans on a fencepost as a Guantanamo detainee, left, jogs inside the exercise yard at Camp 5 detention center, the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 21, 2009 - Sputnik International

Pentagon to Introduce Guantanamo Closure Plan on Tuesday

22 February 2016, 20:02 GMT

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The plan includes an offer to move between 30 and 60 detainees from the facility to the US mainland, NBC News reported.

The president is expected to deliver a speech on closing the detention facility at 10:30 a.m. EST (3:20 p.m. GMT).

Obama has been attempting to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center before he leaves office in January 2017 despite opposition coming mainly from congressional Republicans and state governors.

The president has previously stated he does not rule out closing the facility by issuing an executive order in case Congress fails to cooperate on the issue.