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On the recordMarch 19, 2017
I have seen him in action in very complicated, emotional matters, where you had one group of people who could give a damn about the terrorist and another group of people that wanted to criminalize what I thought was a real-world fight.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham reflects on the challenges of balancing national security and legal principles.

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