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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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Mar 13, 2012

The continent of Africa is underpowered.

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Mar 13, 2012

It is the dumbest way in the world to achieve savings.

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Mar 13, 2012

I think you are doing a good job.

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Mar 13, 2012

California is getting ripped off.

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Mar 13, 2012

I just encourage you to look at those three things.

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Mar 13, 2012

I think we need to improve on-site storage.

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Mar 13, 2012

I think the subcommittee here is trying to reprogram $100 million to create a fund to challenge the rest of the world to invest in it.

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Mar 13, 2012

I think USAID is changing for the better, that you have thought outside the box.

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Mar 13, 2012

I agree with Senator Leahy on a lot in this effort to craft a foreign operations account that is more focused on results, that allows us to transition to country control, no matter where we are at.

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Mar 13, 2012

If we don't get this right soon on the east coast, ports are going to pop up along the Caribbean, Cuba, and other places.

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Mar 13, 2012

Let us say we do it the way that we all agree on, and you just can't find the workforce for whatever reason, we want a visa program on the high-tech and low-tech end that actually meets employers' needs, is that correct?

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Mar 7, 2012

If this is not a wake-up call for the Congress, what would be?

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Mar 7, 2012

I worry such action is premature and would weaken opportunities for U.S. companies.

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Mar 7, 2012

Would you consider a cyber attack generated from the People's Liberation Army of China against our national security infrastructure, should that be considered a hostile act?

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Mar 7, 2012

I think the bipartisan effort that resulted in the lowering of that ratio from 100 to about 16 to 1 was something that was long overdue.

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Mar 7, 2012

Is it fair to say that, of all the things that we should be concerned about, cyber attacks from foreign governments and terrorists is a growing threat by the day?

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Mar 7, 2012

So if we captured somebody involved in a cyber attack that was affiliated with al Qaeda, they would be treated differently than a common criminal.

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Mar 7, 2012

I think Senator Alexander will have a discussion with you about that, but I take a different view.

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Mar 7, 2012

I do support Article III courts for terrorism trials, when appropriate.

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Mar 7, 2012

I think we've Federalized way too many crimes, creating work for our judiciary that could probably be handled better at the State level.

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Mar 7, 2012

Without some basic rule of law, no country can develop.

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Mar 7, 2012

Like crack cocaine. We finally fixed that, but that was just sort of an indefensible sentencing disparity.

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Mar 7, 2012

Sequestration, as it's set up, would devastate DOJ, our ability to defend ourselves, and destroy the military.

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Mar 6, 2012

I guess my concern is that we are expanding Government healthcare programs, to me, that need to be reformed, not expanded.

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