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On the recordDecember 10, 2022
We should have never released Viktor Bout. It was a dangerous concession of Vladimir Putin, and it will set a dangerous precedent going forward.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Tom Cotton criticizes the decision to release Viktor Bout in a prisoner swap.

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