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• Wednesday, June 10, 2009 05:09 PM

  Better get used to those saltines & pb, sysprog

  In a partial reprieve for President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats plan to allow detainees held in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be brought onto U.S. soil for trial, two congressional aides said on Wednesday....

  The Democratic compromise would permit detainees to be brought to the United States for trial but not permanent detention, the aides said, declining further identification because the details were not yet formally released.

  The deal would also bar releasing any of the detainees into the United States through September 30, one of the aides said....

  Democrats, who control the House and Senate, plan to include the provisions in a compromise $100 billion bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which they hope to push through the two chambers by next week.

  http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE55977Z20090610

  President Barack Obama had requested $80 million to shut down the prison at Guantanamo Bay. But after lawmakers complained that the administration had no plan for what would happen to the detainees, that money was removed.

  Lawmakers also included a provision blocking the administration from transferring the detainees from Cuba to U.S. soil. But on Wednesday night, they gave in to White House concerns and softened that language to allow detainees to come to the U.S. for up to four months for trial -- but not to be imprisoned in the U.S. for the long term.

  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124467514949803967.html

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