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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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Nov 13, 2013

The concern the Israelis have, and that my colleague and I have, is the number of centrifuges available to the Iranians is into the tens of thousands now, pushing from 18 to 24,000. Who really knows. But the advanced centrifuges we are…

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Nov 13, 2013

Oh, absolutely, it will create an arms race. There is a positive note here: The Congress itself. The Congress has not been confused. We are more together on this issue than we have ever been. The Congress passed 90 to 1 a resolution…

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Nov 13, 2013

Well, I think it is pretty obvious the tensions are growing, and not just with Israel. I believe the Obama administration's eagerness to reach a deal is unnerving to the people in the region, and not just Israel. The Israelis and the Sunni…

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Nov 13, 2013

If I could respond, I guess the essence of what we are trying to say is we believe Iran is the problem, not the solution, to the Mid East and the world at large. There has been bipartisan support for curtailing and controlling and…

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Oct 31, 2013

I am here to say that, in 2013, November 2013, the game changed in a way that I think Mr. Hamilton would be very disappointed in.

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Oct 30, 2013

This week, South Carolina's senator, Lindsey Graham, threatened to hold off all presidential nominees for federal offices until those survivors are provided.

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Oct 28, 2013

The Federal Government would have to demonstrate that at the moment of the violent encounter, Mr. Zimmerman behaved as he did as a function of racial animus.

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Oct 28, 2013

I do not believe in their mind at the time they signed these laws into law that they felt that that is what they were doing.

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Oct 28, 2013

I do not--I hope this does not turn into the Republicans are for it and the Democrats are against it.

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Oct 28, 2013

If you believe that Mr. Martin was on top of Mr. Zimmerman inflicting punishment, that would be a different view.

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Oct 15, 2013

Our system up here is completely broken and you get second chances in life very seldom.

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Oct 15, 2013

Number one, the debt wasn't affected at all. Obamacare wasn't changed in any real measure.

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Oct 15, 2013

To say we as Republicans left a lot on the table would be one of the biggest understatements in American political history.

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Oct 15, 2013

We could have done much, much better. By the time we got to this point we were playing poker only holding a pair of twos.

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Oct 15, 2013

We also know him to be one of the higher level Al Qaeda operatives roaming the planet. He was involved in bombing our Embassies in 1998 in Kenya and Tanzania; is that correct?

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Oct 15, 2013

We believe he was in Libya before the attack on our consulate in Benghazi, right?

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Oct 15, 2013

Can the Senator from New Hampshire tell us a little bit about this individual called al-Libi? Why do we believe he would be such a treasure trove? What is his background? How long has he been involved in Al Qaeda? And what have we missed…

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Oct 15, 2013

We are throwing around names. I think Zawahiri is the person who took bin Laden's place. If we captured him tomorrow, that would be the ultimate treasure trove.

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Oct 15, 2013

Thank you. I would argue we can't possibly understand all he knows about Benghazi in the last 20 years of terrorism by holding him on a ship for less than 2 weeks. He should be held at Gitmo as long as it takes to find out what he knows…

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Oct 15, 2013

What are the odds that he was in Tripoli before the Benghazi attack, had a record of bombing embassies in the 1990s, and had nothing to do with the consulate attack in Benghazi? The Senator from New Hampshire is a prosecutor. What does my…

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Oct 15, 2013

if the Senator from New Hampshire will yield for one more inquiry. He was captured in Tripoli, Libya; is that right?

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Oct 15, 2013

I want to thank my colleague from New Hampshire who has been one of the strongest voices since the day she got here in the Senate to talk about the difference between fighting a war and fighting a crime. The Senator has been the attorney…

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Sep 30, 2013

thank you. The idea that ObamaCare--the Affordable Health Care Act--over time will be seen in history as having been a good thing for the American people, I guess that is a bit in doubt. The President keeps saying there will come a day…

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Sep 11, 2013

There are those like Lindsey Graham thinks, look, you've got to do something. You can't sit there and be totally helpless.

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