Do you believe the Biden-Lugar legislation would be beneficial to the relationship between our country and Pakistan?
Lindsey Graham
The Public Record
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.
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 enemy that we're at war with, would you agree, is an unconventional enemy?
I really believe that the Federal courts have a tremendous responsibility and role in answering the questions before that we're talking about now.
The military justice system is humane, is transparent, I think it's the right forum.
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.
There should not be. No one should be held, in a domestic criminal environment, indefinitely without the right to a trial.
I support what the President's doing. I want the American public to know that this has been a NATO operation all along.
I think the U.S. Army, and particularly the National Guard, are training the police.
I think you're excellent choices for the jobs that you're about to take on, and I'm sure you'll be confirmed by the Senate.
The only reason they possibly could have come back is because there's been a vacuum created.
The balance that we're trying to achieve is not to put everybody in Afghanistan in jail because that's counterproductive, but to make sure that the really bad ones don't come back after 96 hours.
The combined Afghan security forces and all coalition forces at this moment are not enough to reverse the lost momentum, is that correct?
So they're not held in high regard, they don't have an air force, they don't have any armor, but they're winning.
We could send a million troops and that will not restore legitimacy to the government; do you agree with that?
I think the cost of the Afghan Army at that level's going to be $3 or $4 billion, at the very minimum.
The security environment in Afghanistan from my point of view will prevent any civilian success until we change the security environment.
About 55 percent of the American people in polls said that they did not support us staying in Afghanistan.





