Lindsey Graham said "I will try to retain 1 minute. Let it be said that the people who attacked us on 9/11 committed an act of war, not a crime, and they are going to be tried under military commissions, not in our Federal courts, because they are engaged in a war and they are violating the law of armed conflict. They will get their day in court and we will come up with a fair process to make sure they have their day in court, but we are not going to take a war and turn it into a crime. I reserve the remainder of my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who yields time? The Senator from New Mexico." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordNovember 14, 2005

I will try to retain 1 minute. Let it be said that the people who attacked us on 9/11 committed an act of war, not a crime, and they are going to be tried under military commissions, not in our Federal courts, because they are engaged in a war and they are violating the law of armed conflict. They will get their day in court and we will come up with a fair process to make sure they have their day in court, but we are not going to take a war and turn it into a crime. I reserve the remainder of my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who yields time? The Senator from New Mexico.

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Lindsey Graham

Republican · South Carolina

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