Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]

Chambliss: Obama Speech Gave Terrorists a 'Victory'

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...Thursday at the National Defense University in which he laid out plans to close the Guantanamo Bay detainee camp, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., said Obama’s comments will be “viewed by terrorists as a victory,” reports the Hill. Saxby, the senior R

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Three Questions Left Unanswered by Obama’s Counterterrorism Speech

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...opposition to closing Guantanamo—the president’s speech has been denounced as a “ victory ” for terrorists by GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee—and a court system that has thus far all

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Legal woes piling up for GA Democratic Party chair

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...as it tries to recruit a candidate who can mount a strong fight for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss. The state Republicans have about 20 times that amount. “I’m doing the best job I can as chair of the Democrati

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Obama aims to limit scope of terror fight

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...on since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., flanked by Sen. John McCain (left), R-Ariz., and Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., talks to reporters... (By: J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE) (Credit: AP) In a step its chief executive called “compa

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Michelle Nunn to Run for Senate in Georgia?

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...Democrats may finally have a candidate for next year's Senate race to succeed Republican Saxby Chambliss. Michelle Nunn, an Atlanta businesswoman and the daughter of former senator Sam Nunn, is "actively preparing" for a Senate campaign, the Hill report

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Obama allows Gitmo-to-Yemen inmate transfers

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...flight on Christmas Day 2009 with explosives hidden in his underwear on instructions from Al Qaeda operatives in Yemen. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, an opposition Republican, was among those on Capitol Hill criticising Obama’s change in policy. “Between De

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First Slice 5/24/13: Sen. Chambliss says Obama speech on drones, Gitmo will be seen as a 'victory' for terrorists

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...said. In response to President Barack Obama's shift in drone policies and continuing calls to close Guantanamo Bay, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss said that "the president's speech today will be viewed by terrorists as a victory." Subscribe to this thread: O

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Utah Pride Festival drops blogger over Mormon comments

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...the media." The blog gained national attention for tracing an anti-gay comment posted on the blog to the offices of Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., who later offered a public apology. This year’s Utah Pride Festival grand marshal will be the first profes

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Saxby Chambliss: Obama Speech A 'Victory' For 'Terrorists'

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...the only one unimpressed with President Barack Obama's counterterrorism policy speech on Thursday. According to Sen. Saxby Cambliss (R-Ga.), it was a capitulation to the enemy. "The President’s speech today will be viewed by terrorists as a victory,"

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Chambliss: Obama’s Speech Will Be “Viewed by Terrorists as a Victory”

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...Senate Intelligence Committee said President Obama's national security speech will be "viewed by terrorists as a victory." Sen. Saxby Chambliss (Ga.) made the remarks in a statement released moments after Obama's speech. He focused his criticism on Obam

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Obama: U.S. at ‘crossroads’ in fight against terrorism

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...Congressional responses ran the gamut. “The president’s speech today will be viewed by terrorists as a victory,” said Sen. Saxby Chambliss (Ga.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee. “Rather than continuing successful cou

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Obama drone policy strikes balance: Our view

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...one who repeatedly shouted him down for what she said was a betrayal of American values, and from conservatives such as Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., who said the speech "will be viewed by terrorists as a victory." Though the president did not explicitly

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Obama’s toughest GOP foreign policy critics weigh in

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...Meeting with reporters shortly after Obama outlined the future of his counterterrorism policies , John McCain (Ariz.), Saxby Chambliss (Ga.), Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.) and Kelly Ayotte (N.H.) also provided pointed, specific criticism of several of the pr

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Frosty GOP Reception for Obama's Terrorism Policy Shifts

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...administrationâs internal moratorium on sending detainees back to Yemen. The top Republican on the Senate Intelligence panel, Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, dismissed the speech as rewarding detainees at GuantÃ¡namo who are carrying out hunger strikes.

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GOP Senator: Obama Speech ‘Will Be Viewed By Terrorists As A Victory’

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...major speech outlining the Administration’s counter-terrorism policy on Thursday marked a win for al-Qaeda, according to Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA). Chambliss’ comments referred to the president’s proposed changes to detention policy, which inclu

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Republicans: Obama speech a 'retreat' from terror fight

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...Americans safe," Royce said. "Al-Qaeda and its affiliates were not on their heels last year, and they clearly are not now." Saxby Chambliss, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, slammed Obama's speech as "a victory for the prisoners

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Obama’s Speech Rehashes Gitmo Fight in Congress

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...political adversaries. Influential national-security leaders in the GOP--Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.--joined together in a press conference after the speech to criticize the presid

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Verdict From the GOP: Obama is Wrong

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...authorization. “I believe we are not in a war that is winding down,” he said. “We are in a war that is morphing.’’ Sens. Saxby Chambliss (R., Ga.) and Kelly Ayotte (R., N.H.) opposed closing Guantanamo because they believed it was unwise to re

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GOP Sen: Obamas Counterterrorism Speech A Victory For Terrorists

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...TPM Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) strongly criticized President Barack Obama's speech on counterterrorism on Thursday, in which he announced he will again seek to close down the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by requesting the Department of De

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Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...House and Senate Intelligence panels - Rogers, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., and Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga. - is so unusual that they even traveled together recently on a four-country, five-day Mideast trip. Wha

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