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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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