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Tom Cotton: To what extent is Russia and, for that matter, other hostile powers in the old world aiming to tie down the United…

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
To what extent is Russia and, for that matter, other hostile powers in the old world aiming to tie down the United States, our attention, and our resources in the new world so we cannot project power and influence into the old world?
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Cotton questions Russia's strategic intentions towards the U.S. in Latin America.

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