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On the recordFebruary 29, 2016
I do think it is always important to remember that as troublesome as these flows of migrants and refugees are, it is merely a symptom, and the ultimate disease is the Syrian civil war. The U.S. administration bears responsibility for that disease.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton emphasizes the Syrian civil war as the root cause of the refugee crisis.

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