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Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 47th vice president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 and represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president in the 2020 election. He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and in 2008.
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dailystar.co.ukJoe Biden announced last month he was looking into closing the prison, more than a decade after Barack Obama vowed to do the same thing.Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said: "Guantanamo has provided us the capability to conduct law of war detention in order to keep our enemies off the battlefield, but I believe it is time for the detention facility at Guantanamo to close."The detention centre was first established on an island in Cuba in 2002 as a direct response to 9/11 to detain and interrogate those suspected of terrorism.The US naval base formed a key part of the Bush administration's so-called "War on Terror".
At its peak the prison held around 700 inmates.The centre, consisting of seven camps as well as secret facilities named after.
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