Donald Trump has proposed to increase our defense budget to accelerate nuclear modernization and to accelerate ballistic missile defenses and to expand and accelerate oil and gas production which would obviously harm Russia's economy.
On the recordJanuary 4, 2017
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Cotton outlines Trump's defense and energy policies impacting Russia.
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