Senate Set to Pass Billion-Dollar Defense Bill, Keeping Guantanamo Bay Open

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Isbella Diaz
WMAL.com

WASHINGTON — (WMAL) The Senate is expected to give final passage to a $607 billion defense policy bill on Tuesday.

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would ban President Obama from fulfilling a big campaign promise of closing Guantanamo Bay detention center and moving its inmates to the U.S.

The NDAA would also include $5 million in cuts to match the approved budget.

President Obama had previously vetoed another defense policy bill because of its additional war funding. Lawmakers decided to work on a new bill rather than try to override the president’s veto on the original.

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