On the recordNovember 17, 2011
We are talking about this amendment. Let's debate this amendment. Let's vote on this amendment. But the heart of the issue is whether the United States is part of the battlefield in the war on terror. The statement of authority I authored in 1031, with cooperation from the administration, clearly says someone captured in the United States is considered part of the enemy force regardless of the fact they made it on our home soil. The law of war applies inside the United States not just overseas. The authorization to use military force right after the war began allowed us to go into Afghanistan and use detention and capture and military force to deal with the enemy in Afghanistan and other places overseas. To my colleague from New Hampshire, does she believe al-Qaida considers American soil part of the battlefield?
