Published on 12 Jun 2018
(7 Jun 2018) GUANTANAMO DETAINEES PRAY DURING THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN
40 MEN REMAIN PRISONERS OF WAR, ALL HAVE BEEN LOCKED UP FOR OVER A DECADE.
SOUNDBITE (English) Rear Admiral John Ring, Joint Task Force Guantanamo: "The people we have in here now are accused of executing, planning, events that killed Americans. If they could have been redistributed to other countries or released or transferred, they would have been."
REAR ADMIRAL JOHN RING TASKED WITH A NEW MISSION,
AFTER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S FAILED ATTEMPT TO SHUTTER THE DETENTION FACILITY,
PRESIDENT TRUMP REVERSING COURSE, SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO KEEP OPERATIONS IN CUBA GOING.
SOUNDBITE (English) Rear Admiral John Ring, Joint Task Force Guantanamo: "So, in order to execute that mission, I have to make some investments."
SOUNDBITE (English) Joshua Replogle/ The Associated Press: "What we're finding, with an ageing detainee population is that they're requiring better access to hospice and hospital care and the current facilities are simply not ideal to handle that. So in a transition, we're finding the temporary structures here are moving to be more permanent fixtures."
THE MILITARY IS SPENDING MILLIONS TO MAKE GUANTANAMO MORE PERMANENT
12 MILLION DOLLARS FOR A NEW DINING FACILITY
SOUNDBITE (English) Commander Anne Leanos, Joint Task Force Guantanamo: "The facilities here need to be able to support that long term mission."
12 MILLION DOLLARS FOR A NEW DINING FACILITY.
OVER 8 MILLION DOLLARS FOR A DETAINEE MEDICAL FACILITY.
115 MILLION DOLLARS HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO REPLACE DETERIORATING BARRACKS.
THE PENTAGON HAS ALSO REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL 69 MILLION DOLLARS TO REPLACE CAMP 7 WHICH HOLDS HIGH VALUE DETAINEES.
SOUNDBITE (English) Rear Admiral John Ring, Joint Task Force Guantanamo: "We know that we're going to be in a wheelchair situation sooner rather than later. So, a new facility, a new camp 8 would replace the current capacity and would have the ability to have, maybe roll a hospital bed in there. Definitely get a wheelchair in there, have medical facilities there."
CONGRESS STILL NEEDS TO APPROVE THE MONEY FOR A NEW CAMP 8.
WHILE THOSE IN LIMBO WAIT, FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE.
JOSH REPLOGLE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, GUANTANMO BAY, CUBA.
There are still pow's from 10 years ago housed there.