president barack obama said<u+00a0>monday<u+00a0>that his administration plans to transfer additional detainees from the prison at guantanamo bay, cuba, to foreign countries in coming weeks as he continues to seek to close the facility before leaves office in january. mr. obama, speaking at a news conference at the white house, said he would <u+201c>continue to explore<u+201d> options for closing guantanamo bay, which is one of his earliest campaign promises. <u+201c>it<u+2019>s true i have not been able to close the darn thing because of congressional restrictions,<u+201d> mr. obama said. the president has weighed executive options for circumventing congress, which opposes closing guantanamo bay, to do so unilaterally. but he suggested<u+00a0>monday<u+00a0>that those options have legal challenges and could make those who carried out his orders vulnerable to charges. president-elect donald trump has said he would expand the population at guantanamo bay. write to carol e. lee at carol.lee@wsj.com
obama administration plans to move more detainees from guantanamo  - wsj
carol e. lee