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Pentagon chief loses bid to reject Sept. 11, 2001, plea deals

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tried to throw out plea deals reached for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the Sept. 11, 2001 , attacks.

The decision puts back on track the agreements that would have the three men plead guilty to one of the deadliest attacks on the United States in exchange for being spared the possibility of the death penalty.

Ridah bin Saleh al-Yazidi's return to Tunisia leaves 26 men at Guantanamo .