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Lindsey Graham: I think we do, also, because we are fighting a war, we do not have a viable jail.

On the recordApril 13, 2010
I think we do, also, because we are fighting a war, we do not have a viable jail.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham emphasizes the need for a proper detention facility in the context of the war on terror.

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