“But a bomb planted by a Marxist revolutionary – well, that’s just merely a tragic excess of idealism.”
“Democrats have gone further and further and further to the left with no end in sight.”
“The fact is that she agrees with them from a policy standpoint, even if she doesn't couch herself in the same title of socialist.”
“A bomb planted by a neo-Nazi group was a nefarious and murderous act of evil.”
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On the recordNovember 17, 2009
Now, from the protocols that we would institute from the military side, what would you recommend that our military commanders, intelligence officials do at the point of capture?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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Graham asks for recommendations on protocols for military captures.

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