White House chief of staff tours Guantanamo
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough toured Guantanamo Bay with two top senators to follow up on President Barack Obama's renewed vow to close the war on terror facility.
The visit to the prison -- where most of the 166 remaining detainees are on a hunger strike unprecedented in its scope -- was the first by an administration official since one by Attorney General Eric Holder in 2009.
"We continue to believe that it is in our national interest to end detention at Guantanamo, with a safe and orderly transition of the detainees to other locations," McDonough said in a joint statement with Republican Senator John McCain and Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee.
"We intend to work, with a plan by Congress and the administration together, to take the steps necessary to make that happen."
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