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Tom Cotton: “I hope that we don't, unfortunately, devolve into a look backward 10 years or more into what took us to war in Iraq.”

On the recordJuly 8, 2013
I hope that we don't, unfortunately, devolve into a look backward 10 years or more into what took us to war in Iraq.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton emphasizes learning from past conflicts for future safety.

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