2019-04-28 | U.S. commander overseeing Guantanamo Bay fired: Southern Command - Reuters
'WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. admiral in charge of the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba has been fired “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command,” U.S. Southern Command said in a statement on Sunday. '
'Jose Ruiz, a spokesman for Southern Command, which oversees Guantanamo, told Reuters the decision was the result of a monthlong investigation completed earlier in April, but declined to provide specifics. '
'Rear Admiral John Ring was removed from the post on Saturday, the brief statement said, without giving details about why. '
' Since May 2018, Guantanamo has housed 40 prisoners. '
'The Guantanamo detention center, opened by Republican President George W. Bush to hold terrorism suspects captured overseas after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, has become a byword for harsh detention practices that have opened the United States to accusations of torture. '
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'WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. admiral in charge of the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba has been fired “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command,” U.S. Southern Command said in a statement on Sunday. '
'Jose Ruiz, a spokesman for Southern Command, which oversees Guantanamo, told Reuters the decision was the result of a monthlong investigation completed earlier in April, but declined to provide specifics. '
'Rear Admiral John Ring was removed from the post on Saturday, the brief statement said, without giving details about why. '
' Since May 2018, Guantanamo has housed 40 prisoners. '
'The Guantanamo detention center, opened by Republican President George W. Bush to hold terrorism suspects captured overseas after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, has become a byword for harsh detention practices that have opened the United States to accusations of torture. '
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