House Panel Rejects Funding To Transfer Guantanamo Inmates

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Source: AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP)--U.S. lawmakers dealt another blow Thursday to President Barack Obama's plans to close the Guantanamo prison, denying a request for extra funds and restricting the transfer and release of inmates.
A House Appropriations subcommittee threw out a request for $60 million to help the department close the prison on the U.S. naval base in southern Cuba.

It approved a $64.4 billion 2010 funding bill for the Justice Department and other agencies, but attached conditions on releasing Guantanamo inmates.

The bill would see the government barred from releasing any of the 240 remaining prisoners to the United States or to any other country until the administration has presented a plan to Congress.

The panel's decision was the latest blow to Obama's efforts to close the prison by Jan. 22, 2010, which have run into opposition at home amid fears the inmates could be released onto U.S. territory.

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