House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) hinted that the Obama administration is re-assessing its plan to transfer terrorist detainees from Guantanamo Bay to a maximum-security prison in rural Illinois. On the topic of transfers, Hoyer said:

“I think the administration realizes that this is a difficult issue,” Hoyer said, speaking at his weekly meeting with Capitol Hill reporters. “And I think that they are assessing where they are and where they think we ought to be, and I think that’s appropriate and I look forward to discussing it with them.”