House panel weighs limit on Guantanamo transfers

Published June 16, 2014 11:43pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel would impose new restrictions on the transfer of enemy combatants from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a reflection of congressional anger over President Barack Obama’s swap of five Taliban leaders for an American soldier held captive for five years in Afghanistan.

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