Senate Proceeding on Nov 5th, 2009 :: 2:22:25 to 2:25:10
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2:22:22 to 2:22:42( Edit History Discussion )

Saxby Chambliss: pending so i do object, with all courtesy because of my respect for the senator. the presiding office is heard. mr. chambliss: mr. president, i obviously am very disappointed to see my colleagues on the other side of the aisle object to my amendment. it's a pretty simple, straightforward amendment. we have voted several different times on appropriations bills

2:22:25 to 2:25:10( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Saxby Chambliss

2:22:43 to 2:23:05( Edit History Discussion )

Saxby Chambliss: that have been on the floor of the senate over the last couple of weeks wherein the folks on the other side of the aisle insist o of prisoners from guantanamo bay to the united states for trial. my amendment prohibits that. i simply think that it's not

2:23:06 to 2:23:27( Edit History Discussion )

Saxby Chambliss: appropriate to bring battlefield combatants into article 3 trials inside the united states for any number of procedural reasons relative to the treatment of guantanamo bay prisoners within our federal courts. but even beyond that, the foacial for the release of

2:23:28 to 2:23:49( Edit History Discussion )

Saxby Chambliss: enemy combatants once they arrive on u.s. soil certainly is increased and this is not the way we need to be treating enemy combatants. those men who are at gitmo are the meanest, nastiest killers in the world, every single one of them wakes up every day thinking of ways they can kill and harm

2:23:50 to 2:24:10( Edit History Discussion )

Saxby Chambliss: americans, both our soldiers as well as individuals. some of them were involved in the planning and the carrying out of the september 11 attacks. others were arrested on the battlefield in iraq and in guantanamo. we are not equipped nor have we ever in our history dealt with

2:24:11 to 2:24:33( Edit History Discussion )

Saxby Chambliss: the trial in article 3 courts of any enemy combatant arrested on the battlefield. the f.b.i. has not inv cases prior to arrests. these folks were not given miranda warnings because our soldiers captured these individuals with ak-47's in their hands that they were shooting at our men with, and these are not the type of individuals that our criminal

2:24:34 to 2:24:54( Edit History Discussion )

Saxby Chambliss: courts are designed to handle or can feasibly handle. so, mr. president, i'm disappointed that we're not going to get a vote on this and i'll continue to raise this issue as long as we possibly can between now and the time that guantanamo be closed and from a practical

2:24:55 to 2:25:11( Edit History Discussion )

Saxby Chambliss: standpoint until it is closed, if that ever does happen. we've got the courts at guantanamo bay equipped to handle and try these individuals for military tribunals. those established, just reauthorized. we're capable of handling the trials at guantanamo bay and that's where they should take