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Tom Cotton: Diplomacy is always more effective when backed by the credible threat of force, though. Correct?

On the recordMarch 23, 2015
Diplomacy is always more effective when backed by the credible threat of force, though. Correct?
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Cotton emphasizes the importance of credible military threat in diplomacy.

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