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Tom Cotton: “It was a dangerous concession of Vladimir Putin and it will set a dangerous precedent going forward.”

On the recordDecember 10, 2022
It was a dangerous concession of Vladimir Putin and it will set a dangerous precedent going forward.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Tom Cotton criticizes the U.S. decision to exchange a convicted arms dealer for Brittney Griner.

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