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Tom Cotton: “Is there any reason why we should not throw the kitchen sink at them economically, hit them with as much as we can, as…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2017
Is there any reason why we should not throw the kitchen sink at them economically, hit them with as much as we can, as fast as we can, as hard as we can?
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton advocates for aggressive economic measures against North Korea.

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