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Senate rejects bid to restrict Guantanamo trials

Havana : Cuba | about 1 month ago

The Senate on Thursday rejected a measure that would have required prisoners charged with involvement in the September 11 attacks to stand trial in a military court rather than a criminal court. Congress has voted several times this year to restrict how the Obama administration brings terrorism suspects...

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