President Obama presented his long-awaited plan to close the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility Tuesday, painting the controversial prison as a drain on military resources that is "contrary to our values."
"It has been clear that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay does not advance our national security," Obama said of the prison he's sought to close since 2009. "It undermines it."
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