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Tom Cotton: “Soldiers and commanders, quote, did not consider it to be very helpful. End quote.”

On the recordMarch 21, 2017
Soldiers and commanders, quote, did not consider it to be very helpful. End quote.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Tom Cotton discusses the ineffectiveness of the Distributed Common Ground System-Army.

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