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On the recordJanuary 26, 2015
Secretary Kerry obviously miscalculated when he said 15 months ago that we could reach a deal in 3 to 6 months.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas
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Cotton suggests that Kerry's timeline for negotiations was overly optimistic.

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