Obama vows to close Gitmo, asks for $450 million to upgrade (VIDEO)

"I want to close Guantanamo, but in the meantime, I want to spend $450 million we don't have, to fix it up." - Obama








Last week, President Obama addressed the hunger strike going on in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where prisoners are participating in a hunger strike that has lasted more than three months. Since his 2008 campaign, Obama has promised to close down the facility and still believes the prison should be shutdown, but recently the Department of Defense has requested $450 million to upgrade the prison. RT's Margaret Howell has more.