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SOUTHCOM commander: DoD to 'right-size' staffing at Guantanamo Bay

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SOUTHCOM commander: DoD to 'right-size' staffing at Guantanamo Bay

The Department of Defense is considering reducing the number of staff at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, SOUTHCOM Commander Craig S. Faller said at a Pentagon press briefing.

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The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a United States military prison located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base,[1] also referred to as Guantánamo, G-bay or GTMO (pronounced 'gitmo'), which fronts on Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. At the time of its establishment in January 2002, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said the prison camp was established to detain extraordinarily dangerous people, to interrogate detainees in an optimal setting, and to prosecute detainees for war crimes.[2]

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