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Tom Cotton: My sense on this is it would be lunacy from the perspective of America's national security to be decreasing even one…

On the recordMarch 18, 2015
My sense on this is it would be lunacy from the perspective of America's national security to be decreasing even one combat soldier.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Cotton argues against reducing combat troops in Alaska for national security reasons.

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