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Lindsey Graham: “Good decision, Mr. President. Mr. McCAIN. But if al-Awlaki had been in the United States of America, a citizen engaged…”

On the recordDecember 21, 2012
Good decision, Mr. President. Mr. McCAIN. But if al-Awlaki had been in the United States of America, a citizen engaged in the same activities that justified him being killed, then Mr. al-Awlaki would have been entitled to his Miranda rights, a trial by jury, habeas corpus, all that as if he were treated as an American citizen. I don't think many people would quite understand that distinction of geography.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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Dec 21, 2012

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