President-elect Donald Trump has nominated retired Marine General John Kelly to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Kelly has accepted the offer according to media reports. Kelly’s qualifications for the job appear to stem from his time as the head of the U.S. Southern Command from 2012 to 2016, which helps take a more humanitarian … Read more
Today President Obama announced long-awaited plans to close the US prison located in Guantanamo, Cuba but made no mention of the broader issue of Guantanamo Bay Naval Station (GTMO). GTMO is different from the prison issue that has plagued Obama for seven years. Closing the prison at GTMO does not mean closing GTMO. Separately, White … Read more
Today President Obama set out his plans to close the prison located in Guantanamo, Cuba after a seven year struggle to iron out political and practical issues of closing the prison. Guantanamo Bay Naval Station (GTMO) is different from the prison issue that the President discussed today. Closing the prison at GTMO does not mean … Read more
For the first time, a Cuban delegation will attend the annual Caribbean regional security conference in Jamaica later this month. Cuba’s decision to attend the three-day conference in Jamaica, which is co-sponsored by the U.S. military’s Southern Command, follows several small forms of military engagement since the normalization of relations in December 2014. The conference … Read more
In an interview with the Associated Press, Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly, the commander of Southern Command, suggested that the US may jointly operate the US Naval Base at Guantanamo, Cuba – also know as GTMO – with Cuba. Kelly said he believes the facility remains strategically valuable, a deepwater port in the Caribbean, … Read more
