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1st Guantanamo detainee sent to home country in policy shift

by Dino Hazell
| July 19, 2021 6:09 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday transferred a Guantánamo Bay detainee to his home country for the first time, a policy shift from the Trump presidency that repatriated a Moroccan man years after he was recommended for discharge.

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