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On the recordDecember 1, 2011
Not only would I agree that 1032 and 1031--the compromise language about statement of authority to detain and military detaining as a presumption--has nothing to do with the choice of venue, there are people on my side who are champing at the bit to prohibit civilian courts from being used in al-Qaida-driven cases; is the Senator familiar with that?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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