WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama won a modest victory Tuesday in his continuing effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, allowing the government to continue to transfer detainees at the facility to the U.S. to be prosecuted.The plan to permit terrorist suspects held at the facility to be shipped to U.S. soil to face trial was part of a larger $44.1 billion budget bill for the Homeland Security Department that passed the Senate by a 79-19 vote.- – – -Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Senate OKs bill to transfer Gitmo prisoners to U.S. for trials
October 19, 2009