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Tom Cotton: One might say we should have let France finance this sale, and they could have taken the entire loss themselves as…

On the recordJune 3, 2015
One might say we should have let France finance this sale, and they could have taken the entire loss themselves as opposed to imposing it on the American taxpayer.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton suggests that France should bear the financial risk instead of American taxpayers.

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