DAVENPORT - U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley , D-Iowa, said Wednesday he isseeking to bring federal officials to eastern Iowa for a publicmeeting, possibly in Clinton, to answer questions his constituentsmay have about the idea of moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to theThomson Correctional Center.
The US government may buy a nearly-empty prison in rural Illinois to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay along with other inmates. Related Stories French woman marries dead fiance I tried to save Meredith Kercher, killer tells appeal court Epileptic driver caged in US for killing couple Veto on law could hold up Iraq poll Spirit of the past inspires Congo campaign
Associated PressIn this March 15, 2002 file photo, an inmate of Camp X-Ray is escorted by two guards while other inmates are seen in their cells in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Navy Base, Cuba.NEW YORK -- The rights of a Guantanamo...
The Senate on Tuesday rejected an attempt to bar using funds from a defense spending bill to build or modify prisons in the United States to hold detainees from Guantanamo Bay, a move that suggested congressional Democrats may be lining up behind President Obama's vision for closing the military ...
(RTTNews) - U.S. President Barack Obama admitted Wednesday for the first time that his administration will miss the January 2010 deadline he had set earlier for closing the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.
The US government must redouble efforts to resolve the future of detainees still held at the military facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Amnesty International said after President Barack Obama acknowledged his administration would not meet his deadline for its closure.
US President Barack Obama has for the first time admitted that the US will miss the January 2010 deadline he set for closing the Guantanamo Bay prison.
23 News sits down with a local retired military chaplain who knows first-hand how Guantanamo Bay works in Cuba and how the system could work at Thomson Prison.
Play
Play
Play