Carl Levin

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"There are still restrictions, but there is greater flexibility" on the issue of transferring detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, said Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Sens. Carl Levin (left), Michigan Democrat and Chairman for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent subcommittee on Investigations, and John McCain of Arizona, the subcommittee's ranking Republican, arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 21, 2013, for the subcommittee's hearing to examine the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the Internal Revenue Code. (Associated Press)

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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (left), Michigan Democrat, and Sen. Roger Wicker, Mississippi Republican, talk on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 17, 2013, before a hearing with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. A letter addressed to Wicker, believed to be poisoned with ricin or a similarly toxic substance, was intercepted at a mail facility outside the capital earlier in the week. Levin issued a statement saying an aide in his Saginaw, Mich., office had also received a suspicious-looking letter. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Carl Levin, Michigan Democrat, is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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President Obama and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (right) are met by (from left) Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, Rep. John D. Dingell, Sen. Carl Levin and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder after stepping off Air Force One upon arriving at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Mich., on Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, before going to the Daimler Detroit Diesel plant in Redford. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Carl Levin said he doesn't know if a veto can be overridden, should President Obama go that route regarding the handling of al Qaeda terrorists.

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** FILE ** Sen. Carl Levin (left), Michigan Democrat, chats with Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)