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Lindsey Graham

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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.

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Jan 26, 2009

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

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Jan 14, 2009

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.

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Jan 14, 2009

The enemy that we're at war with, would you agree, is an unconventional enemy?

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Jan 14, 2009

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

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Jan 14, 2009

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

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Jan 14, 2009

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.

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Jan 14, 2009

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

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Jan 14, 2009

There is a difference between a warrior and a criminal.

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Jan 14, 2009

If NATO fails in Afghanistan, it will never recover.

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Jan 14, 2009

I support what the President's doing. I want the American public to know that this has been a NATO operation all along.

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Jan 14, 2009

I think the U.S. Army, and particularly the National Guard, are training the police.

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Jan 14, 2009

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.

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Jan 14, 2009

The only reason they possibly could have come back is because there's been a vacuum created.

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Jan 14, 2009

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.

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Jan 14, 2009

The combined Afghan security forces and all coalition forces at this moment are not enough to reverse the lost momentum, is that correct?

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Jan 14, 2009

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.

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Jan 14, 2009

We could send a million troops and that will not restore legitimacy to the government; do you agree with that?

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Jan 14, 2009

Could you take a look at it and give me an opinion about that?

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Jan 14, 2009

You either win or you lose, and I think everybody wants to win.

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Jan 14, 2009

I think the cost of the Afghan Army at that level's going to be $3 or $4 billion, at the very minimum.

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Jan 14, 2009

In Iraq we're on offense? The Iraqi people, the Iraqi security forces?

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Jan 14, 2009

I support President Obama's efforts to interject more troops.

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Jan 14, 2009

The security environment in Afghanistan from my point of view will prevent any civilian success until we change the security environment.

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Jan 14, 2009

About 55 percent of the American people in polls said that they did not support us staying in Afghanistan.

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