President Obama has sent Congress a plan to close the prison at the U.S. Navy station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Guantanamo has held 780 terrorism suspects since it opened in 2002 and now holds fewer than 100.
Military guards exit an area known as Camp Delta at the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
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A detainee is seen in the communal area inside Camp 6 at the detention center.
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An Army captain walks outside unoccupied detainee cells inside Camp 6.
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Camp 6 detainee cells at Guantanamo Bay. Obama sought to close the prison as one of his first acts as president in 2009, but ran into strong resistance in Congress and from some states.
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Items provided to detainees are shown at Camp 6. There are now 93 prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, down from a peak of 684 in 2003.
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A detainee cell in Camp 6 at Guantanamo Bay.
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Contractors are escorted at the detention center. The Obama administration says it costs more than $3 million per prisoner per year to keep Guantanamo open.
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