Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 14, 2017
We got stuck in Iraq and Afghanistan because we cared about the political outcomes of those countries afterwards.
Said by
Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton discusses the importance of political outcomes in military engagements.

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