[DOC] [TLE] Guantanamo Bay Naval Base - Wikipedia [PAR] Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, also known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or 
NSGB is a United States military base located on 45 square miles (120 km2) of 
land and water at Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, which the US leased for use as a 
coaling and naval station in 1903 ... Since 2002, the naval base has contained a 
military prison, the Guantanamo... [DOC] [TLE] Guantnamo Bay - Wikipedia [PAR] Guantnamo Bay (Spanish: Baha de Guantnamo) is a bay located in 
Guantnamo Province at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the largest harbor on 
the south side of the island and it is surrounded by ... It is the home of the 
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and the Guantanamo Bay detention camp located 
within the base,... [DOC] [TLE] Why the United States Controls Guantanamo Bay | TIME [PAR] Jan 22, 2015 ... 22, 2009, two days after he became President, that Barack Obama issued an ... 
The closing of that prison at the U.S. naval base at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay ... 
government was required to lease or sell certain territory to the United States. ... 
In terms of global strategy, Guantanamo has only marginal value. [DOC] [TLE] Historical Look at Guantanamo - History of Cuba [PAR] The Naval Base at Guantnamo Bay is the oldest existing U.S. military base 
outside U.S. ... Guantnamo has been under unrivaled U.S. control since the 
Spanish ... In 1903 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt signed an agreement with 
Cuba's new ... After the Platt Amendment was annulled in 1934, a new lease was
... [DOC] [TLE] Why the U.S. base at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay is probably doomed ... [PAR] May 15, 2015 ... HAVANA  If the United States and Cuba restore diplomatic ties in ... navy base 
in the world, which the United States has occupied for ... disputed borders or 
contested islands, the 45-square-mile American ... 1903: U.S. granted territorial 
rights to Guantanamo Bay. ... He has been a staff writer since 2006. [DOC] [TLE] Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Ecological Crisis - American ... [PAR] A product of the Platt Amendment of 1903, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base has ... 
Since the Cuban Revolution of 1959, the continually confrontational policies ... 
deter Cubans from using the base as a means of escape from the island. ... Like 
most American hunters, conservation and respect for the ecology is an important 
part... [DOC] [TLE] Why does Cuba tolerate the presence of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base [PAR] The Guantanamo Bay Naval Base has been used by the US since the Spanish 
American War. The US got a lease for the land before the Cuban revolution when
... [DOC] [TLE] The United States, Cuba, and the Platt Amendment, 1901 ... [PAR] While the amendment was named after Senator Orville Platt of Connecticut, it 
was ... The United States also reserved the right to intervene in Cuban affairs in 
order to ... to sell or lease territory for coaling and naval stations to the United 
States. ... in Cuba in order to safeguard its significant commercial interests on the 
island... [DOC] [TLE] How Guantanamo Bay Became the Place the U.S. Keeps Detainees ... [PAR] Sep 4, 2013 ... The Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay has garnered significant attention ... and in 
the treaty of 1903, the Cuban government agreed to lease defined ... islands led 
to staging of the 1st Marine Division at the Naval base. ... He also refused to cash 
any of the U.S. checks after the Bay of Pigs Incident in 1961. [DOC] [TLE] History - CNIC - Navy [PAR] In February 1903, the United States leased 45 square miles of land and ... This 
was the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis, which resulted in a naval quarantine of 
the island ... Since Sea Signal, Guantanamo Bay has retained its migrant 
operations ... One month later, the naval base lost another major tenant 
command when... [DOC] [TLE] Could Barack Obama Give the Guantanamo Naval Base Back to ... [PAR] Feb 27, 2016 ... The U.S. Congress has repeatedly stymied these plans, refusing to appropriate 
money for ... Treaty of Relations that the two countries signed in 1903. ... created 
Republic of Cuba

Question: The U.S. has leased this important naval base on the island of Cuba since 1903
Answer: Guantanamo Bay