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Tom Cotton: It would seem a very plain violation of the black letter of the law.

On the recordJanuary 20, 2016
It would seem a very plain violation of the black letter of the law.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Senator Cotton questions the legality of transferring Guantanamo detainees to the U.S.

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