WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Republican senator has cleared the way for one of President Barack Obama's top diplomatic nominees to be confirmed.
Sen. Chuck Grassley's spokeswoman says the Judiciary Committee chairman released his hold on Tom Shannon's nomination to the State Department's third-highest position.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. general overseeing the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center says claims that the Pentagon has delayed the release of detainees are nonsense. But he acknowledged concerns that some detainees have returned to the battlefield.
Marine Gen. John Kelly, head of U.S. Southern Command, says there has been an increase in the number of officials from foreign countries visiting Guantanamo to finalize decisions to transfer a detainee to their nation.
