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Three Democrats - Sens. Jim Webb of Virginia, Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, both of Arkansas - and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut joined all 40 Senate Republicans in voting to restrict the 9/11 trials to military commissions. Full Article at The State
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The Senate on Thursday gave the green light to President Obama to transfer the accused plotters of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to the United States to be tried in civilian courts. Full Article at NewsMax
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The Obama administration says the Justice Department should make the call on how Guantanamo detainees are handled. Full Article at The State
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WASHINGTON -- The Senate defeated a bid to try Sept. 11 suspects only in front of military tribunals after an emotional debate that rekindled questions over how to keep Americans safe from further assault. Full Article at Myrtle Beach Sun News
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WASHINGTON -- After an emotional debate over how to keep Americans safe, the Senate Thursday narrowly defeated an effort to prevent civilian trials in U.S. courts for the accused planners of the 9/11 attacks. Full Article at Miami Herald
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The Graham amendment would be an unprecedented intrusion into the authority of the executive branch of our government to combat terrorism ... To argue that we cannot successfully prosecute a terrorist in an American court is to ignore the truth and to ignore history.
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Now my Republican colleagues have had a change of heart
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed didn't rob a liquor store
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Tell the president that we're not going to sit by as a body and watch the mastermind of 9/11 go into civilian court and criminalize this war
