President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a $607 billion defense policy bill, despite his opposition to restrictions in the legislation that ban him from moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States — a campaign promise that remains unfulfilled.

Obama has opposed provisions preventing detainee transfers since Congress first attached the measures to spending bills in an attempt block his plans. The dispute has taken on added intensity this year, because the White House has launched a final push to close to the prison before Obama leaves office. ...

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