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On the recordNovember 17, 2011
If this bill is enacted. Mr. McCAIN. To kind of summarize this issue for our colleagues, we believe an al-Qaida operative is an enemy combatant and, therefore, the assumption should be that that enemy combatant should be under military custody whether it be in the United States or any place else?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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