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

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 full Senate will pick up the nomination next week.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Unless you have a complete meltdown, you're 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.

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

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

No one will be imprisoned in this country based on a military commission verdict that does not have a chance to have their day in Federal court, civilian court?

I think we'll find some common ground here about the evidentiary standard as far as a statement goes.

One of the big concerns that we have as a Nation, Mr. Johnson, is what percentage of the Guantanamo Bay detainees do you believe will be held off the battlefield but never go to an Article III court or a military commission 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.

I just can't believe, quite frankly, given the Supreme Court cases, that if you close Guantanamo Bay, move the detainees within the United States and performed a military commission trial like we did in World War II, that there'd be a…

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

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

To the Guard force families who may be listening, what your loved one goes through every day at Guantanamo Bay is a real sacrifice.

This location issue is very important because of the politics of this, for lack of a better word.

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

Either the evidence is not the type you would take to a beyond a reasonable doubt trial or it has some national security implications.