Defense

Gitmo needs an upgrade

$170 million. That's what's needed to improve facilities for troops stationed at the Guantanamo Bay detention. The head of U.S. Southern Command, Gen. John K...

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March 21, 2013 10:34 am

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$170 million. That’s what’s needed to improve facilities for troops stationed at the Guantanamo Bay detention. The head of U.S. Southern Command, Gen. John Kelly, told the House Armed Services Committee that upgrades to buildings including barracks and the dining hall for the American personnel assigned to the joint task force at the U.S. base in Cuba are badly needed. He described the living conditions at Guantanamo as not quite squalor but “pretty questionable.”