I rise in response to the comments by my esteemed colleague from Colorado about my amendment No. 753. And I would say this first. My amendment does not provide immunity to terrorists. What my amendment does is treat terrorists as they…

I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prohibit the use of funds for the prosecution of enemy…

I ask unanimous consent to temporarily set aside the pending amendment, and I call up my amendment No. 753. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from…

I wish to add as well, this detainee compromise, as Senator McCain and I have talked about before, is actually for--the group of individuals we are talking about here--having military custody for members of al-Qaida or affiliated groups…

I would say that is an absolute concern here because this would be the first war in the history of our country where we would be giving those we capture on the battlefield the rights to our civilian court system. Where do we draw the line…

I would say to our distinguished Republican leader, I think that is what is at the heart of this, that they want to treat these individuals in the context of our civilian court system; otherwise, why would you object to a provision on…

This is authority that I don't want you to have to come back to Congress for.

I just wanted to confirm... Do you think those are important, and will they be helpful?

The reason that we passed this stuff is because it was getting overly lawyered, and we needed to give you the authority.

I think there is huge risk with this strategy and what we are going to try to undertake in Iraq.

I thank Senator Chambliss. I would say this. The Senator highlighted the importance, No. 1, as did Senator McCain, of passing Defense authorization. I have been to the floor twice on this issue because I think it is so important for our…

I am pleased to introduce today, along with my colleague Senator REED, the Strategic Airlift Force Structure Reform Act of 2011. Current Federal law U.S. Code Title 10, 8062(g)(1) sets the Air Force's minimum number of strategic airlift…