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Tom Cotton: “If the United States proceeds with the sequestration cuts to our defense budget, would you expect to see Russian…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2015
If the United States proceeds with the sequestration cuts to our defense budget, would you expect to see Russian influence and activity in the western hemisphere continue to grow or decrease?
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton questions the impact of defense budget cuts on Russian activity.

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