Honorable Lindsey Graham
United States Senator, South Carolina, Republican
Senator Graham was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002. He serves on the Armed Services, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Veterans’ Affairs Committees. The following is excerpted from a November 29, 2011, statement on the floor of the U.S. Senate during debate on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. I can remember being told by the [George W.] Bush Administration: We don’t need the Detainee Treatment Act. Everybody said we didn’t need it, but they were wrong. I remember being told by the vice president’s office during the Bush Administration: It is OK…
