The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. February 23, 2016 White House to Give Congress Plan for Closing Guantánamo -------------------------------------------------------- The White House is expected to submit its plan for closing Guantánamo prison to Congress today. Despite Obama's pledge to close the prison as one of his first acts after taking office in 2008, there are still 91 prisoners there, 35 of whom have been cleared for release. Topics:Guantanamo .