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On the recordDecember 1, 2011
I am of the view that we are overly criminalizing the war. I don't want to adopt that policy. There is nothing in this language that has anything at all to do with how you try somebody and what venue you pick. I am in the camp--and I think Senator Levin is too--of an all-of-the-above approach. I am proud of our civilian courts and our military courts. The Senator and I are probably not in the best position to determine that. Let's let the experts do it.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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