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Biden transfers 1st Guantanamo detainee to home country

by Dino Hazell
| July 19, 2021 4:33 AM

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

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