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Tom Cotton: “The Director of National Intelligence testified last year that the global threat environment was as severe as he had…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2016
The Director of National Intelligence testified last year that the global threat environment was as severe as he had ever seen it in 45 years.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Senator Cotton references a serious global threat assessment by the Director of National Intelligence.

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