05/07/2009
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"We have to be somewhat practical in our aid, but also not abandon our values."
"I hope the American people appreciate that these elections came off because of a lot of sacrifice by Afghans, coalition forces, and people on the ground."
"If we keep criminalizing the war--when we capture these guys, if we don't hold them for a period of time to gather intelligence, and put them right into the criminal justice system, I believe we're mi..."
"I just want to make sure that, before we put them in the military commission and Article III courts, that we try to gather as much intelligence as possible, lawfully, before we try them."