WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday defended the Guantanamo prison against critics who want it closed by saying U.S. taxpayers have a big financial stake in it and no other facility could replace it.
Separately, two leading Senate Republicans said the prison for foreign terrorism suspects at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had created an image problem for the United States, but did not call for it to be closed.
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