— Rear Admiral David Woods, commander of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, explaining that the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba played a major role in driving up the $744,000 cost of a new soccer field for post-9/11 detainees at the remote base.
“That's probably the biggest misperception and lack of understanding of the expense of doing things down here. It's unlike any place else in the world mainly because we don't have the opportunity to capitalize on the local economy.”
