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Lindsey Graham: “Yes. Mr. McCAIN. So we are at war. We have American citizens who are enemy combatants. Yet the Senator from Illinois, in…”

On the recordNovember 30, 2011
Yes. Mr. McCAIN. So we are at war. We have American citizens who are enemy combatants. Yet the Senator from Illinois, in the most bizarre fashion that I have heard, says, therefore, they are guaranteed the protections of--as he said--a trial. I mean, I do not get it. Maybe the Senator from South Carolina can explain.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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Nov 30, 2011

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