(CNN) -- Today is the 11th anniversary of the opening of the prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, and like the past three anniversaries, it comes with President Barack Obama's campaign promises to close it unmet. From Day 1, the story of Guantanamo, or Gitmo as it came to be called, has been one of injustice and illegality, the violation of human rights and a stain on America's global reputation. Locked within its walls are the stories of hundreds of men who have lost years -- and, for nine of those men, their lives. In 2013, the story of Guantanamo is not just one of the failure to close the prison after so much time but also one of pragmatic failure of missed opportunities to take available, practical steps to reduce the prison's population.
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Vince Warren: Another Gitmo anniversary, the 11th, comes with vows to close it unmet
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Warren: Hundreds of locked up men have lost years of their lives; nine have died
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86 were cleared for release in 2009 but languish there as Obama does nothing, he says
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Warren: 48 are under unjust, illegal policy of indefinite detention without charge or trial
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