WASHINGTON (AP) — The defense secretary and attorney general are opposing an attempt to prohibit Guantanamo detainees from having civilian trials in the United States.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Attorney General Eric Holder said in an Oct. 30 letter that they want the option of having trials by military commission or civilian courts.
A measure sponsored by Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain and Independent Joe Lieberman would block the Justice Department from spending any funds to prosecute detainees from the Cuban island jail.
More than 200 prisoners remain in the jail, which is supposed to be closed next year.
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New York City Muslims declared themselves just as American as opponents of an Islamic cultural center and mosque near the World Trade Center on Wednesday.
Visitors and some residents evacuated from low-lying vacation islands off the North Carolina coast on Wednesday as Hurricane Earl bore down on the U.S. eastern seaboard.
As companies shed millions of workers during the recession, the CEOs who laid off the most people brought home pay that was significantly higher than that of their peers.
Apple unveiled a snazzier line of its iPod on Wednesday, with new designs for every model of the popular media device in hopes of kick-starting holiday sales.
Amazon.com has approached media companies with a proposal for a subscription service that gives users unlimited access to some television shows and movies.
Safety regulators have opened a preliminary investigation into claims Hyundai best-selling car in America, the Sonata sedan, may have steering problems.
The White House said on Tuesday there was a worry that an extension of lower tax rates for the wealthy would be a "foot in the door" to permanent extension.
