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On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
Do you think it is more humanitarian to preserve these munitions in our arsenal and, hopefully, deter them or any other munitions from ever having to be used, or to remove them from the arsenal and perhaps increase the likelihood of a conflict in which thousands could die?
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton questions the humanitarian rationale behind the policy on cluster munitions.

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