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Lindsey Graham: This is music to my ears because I think we do, also, because we are fighting a war, we do not have a viable jail.

On the recordApril 13, 2010
This is music to my ears because I think we do, also, because we are fighting a war, we do not have a viable jail.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham expresses agreement with the need for viable detention options during wartime.

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