Mark Warner: “First I want to clarify one thing. The distinguished Senator from Michigan, as the ranking member of our committee…”

“First I want to clarify one thing. The distinguished Senator from Michigan, as the ranking member of our committee, participated in all of the hearings of the Armed Services Committee. There were many hearings on the issue of the detainees, Abu Ghraib. Then we went through the series of analyses by the Army inspector general. And on and on we went. I do hope when he made a reference to sweeping things under the rug-- I do not think our committee ever tried to sweep anything under the rug.”