the law of armed conflict provides sufficient legal authority for the President to detain individuals suspected of terrorist ties without trial.

I think a lot of Americans agree with you; some do and some don't.

I want every conservative legal scholar and commentator to know that you did an excellent job in my view of representing the United States when it came to that case.

I rise to celebrate tonight that last night the University of South Carolina won the College World Series. I never thought I would live long enough to hear myself say that. I have been a Gamecocks fan since high school. I went to the…

To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority.

Whether Congress and the President work together, that courts should take note of that.

My fear is that if we criminalize this war, we're going to get Americans killed for no higher purpose.

I take the floor today in support of the conference report that has been agreed to by the conferees regarding Iran sanctions. I wish to compliment Senators Dodd, Shelby, Lugar, Kerry, Lieberman and others who were involved in negotiating…

And as Commander-in-Chief, President Obama did the right thing today by accepting his resignation.

I have been a military officer most of my adult life, and there's lines you can't cross. Those lines were crossed.

I think a uniform statute dealing with habeas right of Guantanamo Bay detainees not only would be helpful to the courts, it would make us a more secure Nation.

I have been working with the administration, Senator Durbin, and others to find some pretty common-sense exceptions to the Miranda rule by statute.

I am very frustrated. We are 2 months after the initial discussion almost, and nothing has happened, and the war is moving on a lot faster than some of the solutions to deal with the war.

If we were not there now, what would happen?

On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being not so significant and 10 being very significant, what would Taliban control of part or all of Afghanistan mean to us, national security-wise?

I trust their judgment, but we just need some uniform rules dealing with these cases that are unique and novel.

I stand ready as a Republican to work with the President to change our laws in a way to make us safer.

I look forward to working with you on these issues, but time is of the essence.

There is a role, in my view, for an Article III system in the war on terror.

I appreciate what Senator Murkowski is trying to do. Maybe this is a balance-of-power issue. The court ruled, I think in 2007, that greenhouse gases could be regulated under the Clean Air Act. Senator Voinovich is right. Congress has never…

The higher the number, the more the authority you have to get, but not let it stand in the way of getting some cash into the region, because it is a balancing act, Mayor Riley, that we are trying to achieve here.

safe exploration for oil and gas here in America makes a lot of sense.

Three years later, everybody is Monday morning quarterbacks, but sometimes you look and say, my God, a lot of this money was just completely fraudulently spent.

He is one of the longest serving mayors, I think, in the country.

if we don't learn something from this Gulf spill and fix it, that is unacceptable.