Dems leave Gitmo closing money out of bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid fears that terror suspects could be brought to the U.S., House Democrats on Monday rebuffed the Obama administration’s request for $50 million to relocate prisoners from the detention facility at Guantanamo, Cuba.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., dropped the request from a $94.2 billion measure funding military and diplomatic efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan through the fall.

At the same time, Obey served notice that President Barack Obama’s move to boost troop levels and increase the tempo of military operations in Afghanistan had better show results or else he would rethink his support of the effort.