Lindsey Graham: “Some of these people are going to be held maybe for the rest of their…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2009

Some of these people are going to be held maybe for the rest of their life, but it will be based on our values, not theirs.

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Graham highlights the potential long-term detention of enemy combatants based on American values.

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