The Washington Times: Vice President Joseph R. Biden said Thursday that he expects President Obama to close the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, before leaving office in January.
“That is my hope and expectation,” Mr. Biden said during a news conference in Sweden.
Mr. Obama has vowed to close the U.S. military prison in Cuba, but opposition from lawmakers in both parties in Congress repeatedly has blocked his efforts. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Mr. Obama isn’t giving up on his pledge.
“We’re going to do our best to try to get this closed. And it’s our expectation that that’s what we’ll do,” Mr. Earnest said.
But he acknowledged he couldn’t offer a plan for how Mr. Obama would close the facility, given congressional opposition in both parties.
“Congress has erected enormous barriers that we have to figure out a way to deal with,” Mr. Earnest said.
