We are a Nation of laws, and an Executive order just cannot wipe out a court decision.
I would certainly urge you to do that.
I want an independent judiciary basically validating what the intelligence community and the military says about this pe...
I prefer the military commission system.
In every war detainee policy becomes very important. It can hurt the war effort or it can help the war effort.
The people on the ground in different regions of the world indicate to me that Gitmo has hurt our effort to bring people...
Every person who commits to going to war against America or any other peaceful nation should be held off the battlefield...
I think it is very imperative that one of us act, the Congress or the administration.
The idea that we cannot find a place to securely house 250-plus detainees within the United States is not rational.
I am amazed. We are 8 years into this war, basically, since 9/11.
we are losing the public here about closing the facility.
I think there will be a comprehensive proposal coming out from Senator McCain and myself.
I do not want Americans to be monitored as being suspected fifth column movement members of al Qaeda.
The notion that our troops might be the subject of lawsuits is something that I would be very wary of.
It would really disrupt the war effort if our troops and their commanders would be subject to appearing before Federal j...
But when it comes to battlefield communications, let us do not let this debate hamper our ability to protect our troops.
I think that there are compelling reasons why these photos should not be released.
I would urge you to get with us soon. Will you do that?
