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Tom Cotton: Whatever the response may be, even if it is not a public response, Vladimir Putin needs to understand it is a response.

On the recordJanuary 20, 2016
Whatever the response may be, even if it is not a public response, Vladimir Putin needs to understand it is a response.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton emphasizes the need for a response to Russian actions.

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