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Tom Cotton: I do expect that we will be fighting away games because, quite frankly, that is a premise of our national security…

On the recordMarch 14, 2017
I do expect that we will be fighting away games because, quite frankly, that is a premise of our national security strategy.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Tom Cotton discusses the expectation of continued overseas military engagements.

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