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On the recordDecember 21, 2012
Sure. Mr. McCAIN. Under the scenario as envisioned by the argument made by the Senator from Kentucky that if an American citizen is overseas, as al-Awlaki was in Yemen, and we took a drone and killed him, which was a decision made by the President of the United States----
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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Dec 21, 2012

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