Rahm Emanuel on His Work with Sen. Lindsey Graham: Did We Find Compromise? ‘Absolutely’

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EMANUEL: "Good observation Look. You lost a patriot We disagreed There were three things we worked One he represented John McCain And then senator Obama On debate rules Two when had meeting during transition Senator McCain, Lindsey The president elect myself We agreed to work on a national service bill Which we actually got done in spring 2009 That doubled the size for AmeriCorps And peace corps Then third our final which was really Most difficult but To close Guantanamo It’s senator Levin Myself represented administration Got into an issue Attorney general against it Trial of sheik He wanted civilian Lindsey said it had to be military court To get the 15 votes That’s not what happened And so therefore It was one political analysis Which I thought Was accurate versus legal Analysis which is maybe by law But wasn’t going happen So we worked at my desk as chief of staff A dozen meetings between Carl Levin Myself and senator That would actually have closed Guantanamo Moved all prisoners out Yeah. And brought that chapter To America to end Now, did we see everything 100%? No. Did we find compromise Absolutely"