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Tom Cotton: “So, by 'pull back,' do we mean there are still Shiite militias, like the Badr organization or even Iranian forces from…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2015
So, by 'pull back,' do we mean there are still Shiite militias, like the Badr organization or even Iranian forces from Quds Force, in the vicinity of Tikrit?
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton questions the status of Shiite militias and Iranian forces near Tikrit.

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