WASHINGTON - Missouri's two senators disagree on where the suspect arrested in the killing of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012, should face justice.

Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said Tuesday it would be a mistake to try Ahmed Abu Khattala in U.S. Courts. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., a former prosecutor, said that would be the best place for him.

"This suspect is an enemy combatant," Blunt said in a statement, "and trying him in the United States as if he had the protective rights of an American citizen would be a mistake."

He said that "the next step is that we need to get every bit of information we can from this terrorist and enemy of the United States and its citizens."

But McCaskill said she'd prefer to see Khattala tried in U.S. courts. A former prosecutor, she told reporters she has faith in U.S. prosecutors and a court system that "will be fair ... and thorough."

"I expect him to stand trial and spend hopefully the rest of his life in prison," she said.

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