WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a rare, bipartisan defeat for President Barack Obama, the Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to keep the prison at Guantanamo Bay open for the foreseeable future and forbid the transfer of any detainees to facilities in the United States. Democrats lined up with Republicans in the 90-6 vote that came on the heels of a similar move a week ago in the House, underscoring widespread apprehension among Obama's congressional allies over voters' strong feelings about bringing detainees to the U.S. from the prison in Cuba. The president readied a speech for Thursday morning on the U.S. fight against terrorism, at a time when liberals have chafed at some of his decisions. In spite of lawmakers' concerns, the Obama administration plans to send a top al-Qaida suspect held at Guantanamo Bay to New York to stand trial for the deadly 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa, an administration official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The suspect, Ahmed Ghailani, would be the first Guantanamo detainee brought to the U.S. and the first to face trial in a civilian criminal court. Here is a look at the Guantanamo detention facility by Associated Press photographer Brennan Linsley. Note: All images were reviewed by the U.S. military before being released. (21 images)
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Detainees pray before dawn near a fence of razor-wire inside the exercise yard at Camp 4 detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba on May 14. AP / Brennan Linsley
The sun rises over the Guantanamo detention facility at dawn, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba on May 13. AP / Brennan Linsley
The sun rises over the Guantanamo detention facility at dawn, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba on May 13. AP / Brennan Linsley
A U.S. trooper in uniform enters the Guantanamo detention facility at dawn, inside Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba on May 13. AP / Brennan Linsley
Military personnel walk along one of the internal perimeter fences at Guantanamo's Camp 4 detention facility before dawn, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Thursday, May 14. AP / Brennan Linsley
A Guantanamo detainee stands at his cell window yelling after seeing a group of journalists who were visiting Guantanamo's Camp 5 maximum-security detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Wednesday, May 13. AP / Brennan Linsley
A U.S. soldier holds onto a steel mesh door inside the Guantanamo detainee clinic, inside Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba on May 12. AP / Brennan Linsley
An officer speaks into his handset microphone inside a cell block at Guantanamo's Camp 5 maximum-security detention facility, inside Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba on May 12. AP / Brennan Linsley
A table is set with feeding tubes and high-nutrition shakes which are used to force-feed those Guantanamo detainees who are on hunger strike or are otherwise unwilling or unable to feed themselves, at the detainee hospital inside the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba on May 12. AP / Brennan Linsley
In a photo taken through a glass window, a Guantanamo detainee reads a book in a common area at Guantanamo's Camp 6 maximum-security detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Tuesday, May 12. AP / Brennan Linsley
In this photo, taken through a glass wall, reviewed by the U.S. military, shackled Guantanamo detainees sit together in a common area at Guantanamo's Camp 6 maximum-security detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Tuesday, May 12. AP / Brennan Linsley
In a photo taken through a glass wall, and reviewed by the U.S. military, Guantanamo detainees sit together reading a magazine in a common area at Guantanamo's Camp 6 maximum-security detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba on May 14. AP / Brennan Linsley
A U.S. trooper guards a door at Camp 6 detention facility, inside Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba on May 12. AP / Brennan Linsley
A soldier stands guard at the front gate entrance to Guantanamo's Camp 6 maximum-security detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, on May 12. AP / Brennan Linsley
Guantanamo detainees pray before dawn near a fence of razor-wire, inside Camp 4 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Thursday, May 14. AP / Brennan Linsley
A Guantanamo detainee rests his arm on a fence as another passes, just before dusk, inside the exercise yard at Camp 4 detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba on May 13. AP / Brennan Linsley
A Guantanamo detainee holds a soccer ball, just before dusk, inside the exercise yard at Camp 4 detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba on May 13. AP / Brennan Linsley
Guards stand on either side of a line-up of Guantanamo detainees, in white, to perform a search for unauthorized items, at Guantanamo's Camp 4 detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Tuesday, May 12. AP / Brennan Linsley
The exercise yard, left, and a razor-wire fence at Guantanamo's Camp 4 detention facility are pictured before dawn, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Thursday, May 14. AP / Brennan Linsley
The exercise yard at Guantanamo's Camp 4 detention facility before dawn, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba on May 14. AP / Brennan Linsley
A U.S. trooper guards a door at Camp 6 detention facility, inside Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba on May 12. AP / Brennan Linsley
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