Honorable Mark Udall
United States Senator, Colorado, Democrat
Senator Udall was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2008. He serves on the Armed Services Committee. 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. A growing number of our colleagues have strong concerns about the detainee provisions in this bill. At the heart of our concern is the concern that we have not taken enough time to listen to our counterterrorism community and have not heeded the warnings of the secretary of defense, director of national…
