Lindsey Graham

I think the Banking Committee chairman has a major dilemma on his hands, at no fault of his own. If I thought $310 billion would do it, I would not be here. I think you are going to need more money, and if you take 50 out of the TARP, you…

The point I am trying to make, I say to the Senator, is, I may be wrong, but I do not believe the remaining amount of money in TARP--$310 billion, I believe it is--will take care of what we need to do with our banking problem and our…

1.5 million people would avoid foreclosure if this program were enacted for 14 months. That is a pretty good use of money.

I think we are at a crossroads, if I may say so, about how we proceed, not just on this bill but as a Congress and as a nation. I think there are plenty of people over here--I can't give you a number; people asked me about numbers--who…

I will put my ability to speak my mind to my party up against anybody, including you, Senator. I have been on this floor many times arguing with the past administration about policies I disagreed with. I don't recall you doing that a lot…

The executive branch would be willing to share power with the judiciary to make that decision?

I personally have a lot of confidence in the men and women who administer justice in our military.

I am urging the administration to continue with the process of closing Guantanamo Bay.

Elections have consequence, and I expect the administration to pick people more in line with their philosophy than I would have chosen for them.

One of the ideas that I have is that it is important for us to let the world know that if someone is detained in a prison, wherever you may locate it, it is not an arbitrary decision.

I support closing Guantanamo Bay, not because I think it is a place where people are being tortured; I think it is a chance to start over.

We need to preserve that and not overly politicize it.

I think the American people need to understand that our economy is on its knees at home and that there is no end in sight.

I think one of the unsung heroes of the war would be General Stone and the process he's put in place at Camp Bucca.

The time, the money, and the casualties we're going to sustain in Afghanistan are necessary and important to make sure that Afghanistan does not become, in the future, a safe haven for terrorism to strike this country again.

Do you believe the Biden-Lugar legislation would be beneficial to the relationship between our country and Pakistan?

We cannot win in Afghanistan unless Pakistan is on board.

We cannot win in Afghanistan without Pakistan's help; do you agree with that?

Bottom line is it's going to be tough, it's going to be difficult, in many ways harder than Iraq.

We need to have realistic goals. That is to make sure that Afghanistan is not a safe haven for international terrorism.

There should not be. No one should be held, in a domestic criminal environment, indefinitely without the right to a trial.

I am crying out for our country to realize that if we capture somebody in this war on terror, no matter how vicious the enemy may be, it becomes about us, not them.

The military justice system is humane, is transparent, I think it's the right forum.

I really believe that the Federal courts have a tremendous responsibility and role in answering the questions before that we're talking about now.

There's a high ground in every war, and there's physical high ground, and in this there's the moral high ground, which I think is essential to win this war.