U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro aired their differences on the existence of political prisonsers in Cuba and other human rights violations during Obama's visit to Cuba.
The Pentagon will submitt its proposal regarding the shut down of the Guantanamo prison facility. Most lawmakers see this move as illegal and unconstitutional.
Cuban President Raul Castro told the U.N. General Assembly on Monday that normal relations with the United States would only be possible if Washington ended its trade embargo on his country, returned the military base at Guantanamo and ended anti-communist broadcasts beamed into the island.
U.S. government officials have blocked the release of 116 pages of defense lawyers' notes detailing the torture that Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah says he experienced in CIA custody, defense lawyers said on Thursday.
