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Tom Cotton: I find it offensive and insulting that this administration, up to and including the President, would cite the principle…

On the recordJune 17, 2014
I find it offensive and insulting that this administration, up to and including the President, would cite the principle of leaving no man behind to justify this action.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Criticism of the administration's justification for a controversial action regarding soldiers.

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