U.S. House votes to block Guantanamo transfer

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U.S. House votes to block Guantanamo transfer

Posted by Publius Alter on Oct 1st, 2009 and filed under Top Stories. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a blow to President Barack Obama, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to prohibit his administration from transferring terrorism suspects from the Guantanamo Bay military prison to face prosecution in the United States.