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Tom Cotton: But that doesn't mean they will trade five stone-cold Taliban killers for us.

On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
But that doesn't mean they will trade five stone-cold Taliban killers for us.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Cotton argues against trading Taliban members for American soldiers.

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