Lindsey Graham

If we're not more patient and more resolved than our enemy, we're going to get hit again.

We are working with all the members of the Committee to try to come up with legislation to address this problem.

Military commissions have been used for over two centuries to bring justice to war criminals, and they have done so in a way that is fair to the accused.

The idea we cannot find a place to securely house 250-plus detainees within the United States is not rational.

Military commissions can provide a workable solution to these issues while still providing the accused with a fair trial.

The full Senate will pick up the nomination next week.

Mainstream record has convinced him that her views on race and gender don't drive her decisions on the bench.

I am deeply troubled that the Obama Justice Department's July 20 protocol for Guantanamo case adopts a presumption that terrorism cases will be prosecuted in civilian courts.

You cannot have a better person representing the people of the United States than Ms. Clyburn.

I hope every member of this committee will understand that this fine young lady is the right person at the right time for this most important job.

She will be honest with you and put the best interests of the United States ahead of her own.

Unless you have a complete meltdown, you're going to get confirmed, and I don't think you will.

Unless you have a complete meltdown, you are going to get confirmed. And I don't think you will.

It is my honor today to be able to represent the State of South Carolina in something that we are all proud of.

The President has nominated someone extraordinarily talented and qualified for the job.

He is the right man, at the right time, with the right skill mix and character.

We believe the Levin-McCain-Graham amendment to section 1031 of the NDAA addresses this problem by authorizing protective orders in this context.

I think the extra process that we're providing these detainees will confer a legitimacy to the trials.

What we are doing with this bill, in my opinion, is setting a standard beyond what international law would require.

I want to compliment this committee. I think you have taken a very reasoned approach to military commissions.

I want to make sure we preserve that.

We're going to need something new.

It would be the biggest mistake this country could make, to use the criminal model, but yet still hold people indefinitely without trial.

I do believe, as the other two witnesses have indicated, that it has a very strong role to play in this fight we're in, and historically it's been used in the past.

It doesn't bother me at all that all of our cases will go to civilian judges and the military and the Central Intelligence Agency has to prove to a civilian court that these people are dangerous and they're part of the enemy.