Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin Grahamis an American politician and member of the Republican Party, who has served as a United States Senator from South Carolina since 2003, and has been the senior Senator from South Carolina since 2005...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 July 1955
CityCentral, SC
CountryUnited States of America
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Instead of unlimited lawsuits, the courts now will be looking at whether you're properly determined to be an enemy combatant and, if you're tried, whether or not your conviction followed the military commission procedures in place.
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If you leave us confused about whether or not this is a crime or not, the impact on society is far greater than if you make the decision of -- it is a crime but proportionally ... it would not be a political death penalty case.
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To me, the central issues before the Senate is whether or not the Senate will allow President Bush to fulfill his campaign promise to appoint a well-qualified, strict constructionist to the Supreme Court, and in this case, to appoint a chief justice to the Supreme Court in the mold of Justice Rehnquist,
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I'm more committed to the idea that three percent is not the final answer.
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The Afghan security forces will always have the help of the U.S. American military to ensure that Afghanistan never fails.
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Nothing trivial should remove my president. We need to try this case, ladies and gentlemen, because you need to know who your president is,
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imperative we regain the moral high ground and having secret prisons come out in the Washington Post is not a good way to regain it.
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I'm willing to abandon the need for tariffs if the Chinese embark on real (currency) reform. We're not there yet.
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I'm telling you now, if the facts don't change, it is the most overwhelming case for grand jury perjury I have ever seen in my life. And what am I going to do?
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I'm not worried about hurting people's feelings, ... I want to stand behind those who work hard. But if you got it wrong, you need to be dealt with.
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I've got my own mind made up about how far we want to take this thing, based on an adulterous relationship with an intern. It's got to be a serious crime ... that would subject anybody at this table to criminal prosecution, and there's a few things in there that might meet that standard,
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I want to prepare the public. Apparently the worst is yet to come, potentially, in terms of disturbing events. We don't need to leave here thinking that we've seen the worst. There's more to come. Is that correct?
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I want this committee to understand that if we go down this road of putting people's hearts in play, and the only way you can have a good heart is adopt my values system, we're doing a great disservice to the judiciary,
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Is this Watergate or Peyton Place? I don't know.