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Tom Cotton: “What message would we be sending if we didn't confirm you to the CIA to the men and women of the CIA?”

On the recordMay 8, 2018
What message would we be sending if we didn't confirm you to the CIA to the men and women of the CIA?
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Cotton questions the implications of not confirming Haspel as CIA Director.

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