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Lindsey Graham: Nobody in their right mind would expect a marine to read someone caught on the battlefield their rights.

On the recordMay 4, 2010
Nobody in their right mind would expect a marine to read someone caught on the battlefield their rights.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham argues against reading rights to captured combatants.

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