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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.
OK. What if we have the very same person who made it out of Afghanistan and makes it to America. I think most people would want us to gather intelligence to find out what is coming next. Would the Senator agree with me, if you put someone…
Right. But here is the point we are going to make. Some of us believe that presentment to a court and a Miranda warning may not be the best way to go, in terms of gathering intelligence. Under military custody for intelligence gathering…
OK. Fair enough. But does the Senator agree with me that you cannot indefinitely hold someone under domestic criminal law without presenting them to court or reading them Miranda rights?
I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my colleague from New Hampshire. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
the exchange with Senator Durbin was very good. The law of the land is pretty clear--unequivocal, in my view-- that an American citizen captured overseas can be held as an enemy combatant, and every enemy combatant held at Guantanamo Bay…
one, I would like to begin by thanking Senators Levin and McCain. I don't know how long Senator Levin and I have been working on this together--it seems like forever--trying to get a detainee policy in a post-9/11 world that the courts…
I asked Admiral Mullen, your predecessor, what is the risk of an Arab-Kurdish conflict over the oil reserves around Kirkuk in terms of a conflict if we are not present. He said it was high.
If it were up to the Kurds, there would be 50,000 American troops in Kurdistan.
Would it be a political problem for President Obama to announce this year that we are going to keep 15,000 people in Iraq past 2012?
I do not know who does the negotiation for the United States, but if I had three people saying those things, I thought I could get it over the finish line.
I think it is no accident that the troops are coming home 2 months before this election in Afghanistan.
Can you tell the people back here that the likelihood of their friends and family being killed is going up greatly if there are no American forces up there policing that problem?
If an American soldier were accused of rape anywhere in Iraq, I do not think they would get a fair trial.
The likelihood of Iraq becoming a successful, stable state is dramatically improved.
No American politician, Republican or Democrat, would accept a follow-on force without legal protections.
If neighboring countries see that Iraq is weak and incapable of protecting its border and internal security, then definitely there will be interference.
I completely concur with the idea that American troops should not be left behind in Iraq without legal protections.
the citizen soldier's time has come. You are going to get a seat at the table, General McKinley, if I have anything to say about it.
It is time for the citizen soldier to be sitting at the table, not just for political reasons, but for substantive reasons.
I think you need to be in the room with some weight behind you, not just an invitation.
Do you agree with me the only thing older than the Marine Corps when it comes to defending America is the citizen soldier?
We have an election that is coming up in 2012, in November 2012. We will be pressing for the closure of the facility between now and then.
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