When Joe Biden entered office, 40 prisoners remained at Guantánamo Bay. In his first weeks, ...

Biden's Guantánamo legacy 'one step forward, several steps backwards' Like Barack Obama before him, Joe Biden vowed to try to shut down the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Among a host of unfounded reasons people offer up to falsely claim that President Joe Biden is not the commander in chief: He hasn’t shuttered the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.

Joe Biden vowed to shut down the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay when he was running for president. Two years into his presidency, however, the facility is still open, and even as he tries to ...

Updated May 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM EDT. Like Barack Obama before him, Joe Biden vowed to try to shut down the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Guantanamo Bay Joe Biden After 7,627 nightmarish days of torture, cruel treatment, legal limbo, and injustice, it’s time for Biden to make good on his word: Shut it down.

Updated January 18, 2025 at 09:00 AM ET. Like Barack Obama before him, Joe Biden vowed to try to shut down the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Like Barack Obama before him, Joe Biden vowed to try to shut down the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Closing the facility, which critics call a moral stain on America for having ...

Like Barack Obama before him, Joe Biden vowed to try to shut down the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Closing the facility, which critics call a moral stain on America for having ...