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On the recordFebruary 4, 2009
I think there is authority to hold enemy combatants, and I'm thinking particularly of the Supreme Court's decision on the Hamdi case.
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Dianne Feinstein
Democratic · California

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Feinstein discusses the authority to detain enemy combatants based on a Supreme Court ruling.

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