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Our government has a responsibility to defend our borders, but we must do so in a way that makes us safer and upholds all that is decent and exceptional about our nation.

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Lindsey Graham
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: July 9
Air Force Officer
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United States Senator
Central
South Carolina
Lindsey Olin Graham
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I think most Americans understand that radical Islam can't be compromised with or appeased. And the only way we can be safe is to form partnerships over there that will protect us over here.
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In my view, Democrats and Republicans work together too little, and I would try to change that if I got to be president. And when it came to radical Islam, I would go after them before they come back here again.
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I think our nation's at war with radical Islam. The primary goal of these groups is to attack our nation. Washington's a prime target.
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Some people say I'm too blunt and I'm too direct, too straightforward. I think we could use some of that in Washington, D.C.
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Conservatives have a different view of a lot of issues versus our friends on the other side. The election determines how that shakes out.
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I've been a military lawyer for 33 years. A member of al Qaeda or their affiliate group can be detained under a law of war as long as their threat to our nation without a trial.
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We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.
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I would love to end the nuclear ambition of the Iranians without firing a shot, but you have to know who you're talking to and what they actually want, this is North Korea in the making.
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I'm running because I think the world is falling apart.
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I'm for Simpson-Bowles. It doesn't raise taxes, it closes loopholes and takes the money we would give to a few people and put it on the debt.
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I'm not going to throw my state under the bus. That's never going to happen.
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President Bush has shown great leadership. He has said that the 21st century will not be ruled or dictated by terrorists, dictators, and murderers. He is absolutely right. God bless him for his resolve.
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The legal system in Afghanistan is very immature and porous.
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The Iranians have shared every weapon they've ever developed with terrorist organizations. I fear they would share nuclear technology with a terrorist organization that would one day come here.
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The healthcare bill not only is a monstrosity in terms of growing the government and cutting out the private sector, the way it was passed was sleazy. Every old Washington trick was used to pass the healthcare bill.
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I think comprehensive immigration reform while securing your border and dealing rationale with 11 million is the only way we're going to solve this problem.
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I don`t think most people would want me to have a business relationship as a senator where my business partners can reap the benefit of my position and I one day get the share the profits.
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When it comes to immigration reform, now is the time ... I've never seen a better political environment ... I'm not doing immigration reform to solve the Republican Party's political problem. I'm trying to save our nation from, I think, a shortage of labor and a catastrophic broken system.
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We can talk about corporations all day long but my goal is to help the middle class, somebody who makes too much to be on government assistance but still lives paycheck to paycheck.
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We don't have enough American troops inside of Iraq to destroy ISIL any time soon.
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