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On the recordMay 24, 2016
We did not have a prisoner exchange. We released duly convicted prisoners in our courts of law, and we waived warrants that were outstanding.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton clarifies that the U.S. did not engage in a prisoner exchange.

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