01/14/2009
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"Again, we are at war and we must use every instrument in our power, including the full scope of our military, law enforcement, intelligence, and diplomatic capabilities to win this war, but in the pur..."
"Now, I realize that there are different views on how best to approach this work."
"Well, first and foremost, we focused on national security in deciding if a person could be released and where that person might be transferred."
"When the principals of those agencies met to make final determinations with regard to the disposition of the 240 detainees, all of the decisions were unanimous."