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Tom Cotton: So Hezbollah, a declared terrorist organization that operates in the Middle East, is responsible in part for the drug…

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
So Hezbollah, a declared terrorist organization that operates in the Middle East, is responsible in part for the drug flow in Latin America that has had the impact that you have heard Senators on this dais talk about today, killing Americans in our hometowns.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton highlights Hezbollah's role in drug trafficking affecting American communities.

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