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Lindsey Graham

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Lindsey Olin Graham is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Graham has been a prominent figure in national politics, known for his work on issues such as national security, foreign policy, and judicial appointments. He has played a key role in various legislative efforts and has been an outspoken advocate for military support to Ukraine in recent years.

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Jan 23, 2017

Will you tell President Trump that if he ignores that, he can never get us out of debt?

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Jan 23, 2017

Will you tell him that the promise you made about Medicare and Social Security is going to lead to their demise if you do not change that promise?

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Jan 23, 2017

Do you support President Trump's initiative to increase defense spending?

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Jan 23, 2017

Entitlement reform: What drives the debt? What is the chief driver of the debt?

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Jan 23, 2017

So I would urge the president to knock this off. This is the greatest democracy on earth. You're the leader of the free world and people are going to start doubting you as a person.

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Jan 23, 2017

This shakes the confidence in our democracy and has the most inappropriate thing for the President to say without proof.

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Jan 23, 2017

I wasn't there, but if the President of the United States is claiming that 3 to 5 -- 3.5 million people voted illegally, that shakes confidence in our democracy. He needs to disclose why he believes that.

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Jan 17, 2017

I think it is time for America to stand up more forcefully for Israel in the U.N.

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Jan 17, 2017

Twenty resolutions against Israel and six against the world at large is probably a body that needs to refocus on the world as it really is.

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Jan 17, 2017

I consider myself an internationalist. The U.N. is a body that can do a lot of good but needs to be reformed.

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Jan 9, 2017

If I have my way, then we will find a way to replace the Executive orders with legislation to protect the 800,000 people who have come out of the shadows.

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Jan 9, 2017

I have no hesitation in supporting him.

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Jan 9, 2017

I think it is really odd. I think it--well, it speaks for itself.

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Jan 9, 2017

So you are saying there really is no evidence of voter fraud.

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Jan 9, 2017

Does anybody on the Committee doubt that there are cases of voter fraud in America?

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Jan 9, 2017

You can hold them as long as is necessary for intelligence gathering.

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Jan 9, 2017

Gathering intelligence is the most important activity in the law against radical Islam.

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Jan 9, 2017

I think you are on solid ground, and this idea of an American citizen being an enemy combatant is part of the history of the law of war.

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Jan 9, 2017

The laws around the law of war are designed to deal with conflicts and to take people off the battlefield.

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Jan 9, 2017

The law is well settled here, that a United States citizen in other wars have been held as enemy combatants when the evidence suggests they collaborated with the enemy.

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Jan 9, 2017

No American citizen has a constitutional right to join the enemy at a time of war.

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Jan 9, 2017

I am here to tell you I got the Annie Taylor award, too.

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Jan 9, 2017

I support this administration's effort to make sure we prosecute terrorism as a military action, not a law enforcement action.

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Jan 9, 2017

When the State is doing its job, the Federal Government should let the States do their job.

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Jan 9, 2017

If a State is not prosecuting crimes against people based on their sex, their race, whatever reason, then it is proper for the Federal Government to come in and provide justice.

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