Story highlights As many as 5 detainees are expected to be moved in the next few days, official says

News comes less than a week after 4 detainees were repatriated to Afghanistan

President Obama tells CNN he's "going to be doing everything I can to close it."

Guantanamo Bay has held nearly 800 detainees; there are now 132

(CNN) The Obama administration hopes to transfer dozens of detainees from Guantanamo Bay in the next six months as part of a stepped-up effort to reduce the population there, according to a U.S. official.

As many as five detainees are expected to be moved from the detention facility in the next few days, with several more transfers anticipated in early 2015, the official said on condition of anonymity.

The news comes less than a week after the United States announced it had repatriated four detainees from Guantanamo to Afghanistan , leaving 132 detainees at the U.S. naval base in southeastern Cuba.

President Barack Obama hinted at the intensified effort in an exclusive interview on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, saying, "I'm going to be doing everything I can to close it."

"It is something that continues to inspire jihadists and extremists around the world, the fact that these folks are being held," Obama said. "It is contrary to our values and it is wildly expensive. We're spending millions for each individual there. And we have drawn down the population there significantly."

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