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Tom Cotton: “Ambassador McFaul, you said, if I heard you correctly, that you do not see much hope for a change in Russian behavior as…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 2018
Ambassador McFaul, you said, if I heard you correctly, that you do not see much hope for a change in Russian behavior as long Vladimir Putin remains President.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Cotton reflects on McFaul's pessimism regarding Russian behavior under Putin's leadership.

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