Honorable John McCain
U.S. Senator, Arizona, Republican
Senator McCain was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986. He is the ranking minority member on the Armed Services Committee and serves on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The following is excerpted from a December 15, 2011, statement on the floor of the U.S. Senate. The conference report includes strong unambiguous language that recognizes that the War on Terror extends to us at home and that we must address it as such. The language that the Senate adopted regarding detainees recognizes both that we must treat enemy combatants who seek to do us harm as…
