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On the recordMarch 5, 2018
It's one thing to sit down and talk with an adversary. We did that with the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War. It's another thing to bribe that adversary to sit down and talk with us.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton emphasizes the difference between negotiation and conceding to adversaries.

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