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" Before the surge started, frankly, after I left Iraq towards the end of 2006, I was worried that we were losing the war. But after the surge, I felt that we succeeded. "
Tom Cotton
End
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Left
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" Two-thirds of the American people realize just how bad the nuclear deal is with Iran. "
Tom Cotton
Bad
Just
People
" Against the wishes of my family, I gave up my legal career, and I volunteered for the Army. I became an infantryman. I went to Iraq and Afghanistan. "
Tom Cotton
Wishes
Legal
Family
" Any deal that's not approved by Congress won't be accepted by Congress. Not now and certainly not in the future. "
Tom Cotton
Accepted
Future
Now
" I have always had confidence in our front line F.B.I. personnel as well as the F.B.I. leadership. "
Tom Cotton
Line
Confidence
Always
" Our enemies and allies alike must know that aggressors will pay an unspeakable price for challenging the United States. The best way to impose that price is global military dominance. "
Tom Cotton
Military
Know
Best
" There are nothing but hardliners in Iran. "
Tom Cotton
Nothing
Iran
" I don't do stairs. And I don't do groups. "
Tom Cotton
Stairs
Groups
" I decided early on, very early, that the best role I could play is to speak in my own voice, assume my own voice and my own ideas. Even if you support a candidate who ultimately wins, what you say and do is seen through the filter of that candidate. "
Tom Cotton
Voice
Support
You
" The problem of end-to-end encryption isn't just a terrorism issue. "
Tom Cotton
Problem
Just
Encryption
" Why would you codify a set of safeguards you might want to change as technology evolves and you face new risks of privacy, in addition to changing safeguards that might need to be relaxed in an emergency situation? "
Tom Cotton
Technology
Change
Privacy
" What I believe is that a lot of the NSA's telephone metadata program is the result of misinformation spread by a traitor, Edward Snowden. "
Tom Cotton
Believe
I Believe
Result
" Inflammatory passion and selfish interest characterizes most men, whereas ambition characterizes men who pursue and hold national office. Such men rise from the people through a process of self-selection, since politics is a dirty business that discourages all but the most ambitious. "
Tom Cotton
Politics
Business
Men
" I'm not going to respond to every single thing that Donald Trump has to say or that Hillary Clinton says. "
Tom Cotton
Single
Say
Going
" My heart goes out, as does every American, when I see the videotape of Jason Rezaian and Amir Hekmati and Saeed Abedini coming back to their families. "
Tom Cotton
Heart
I See
See
" I have spoken to Donald Trump about this. He understands the dramatic budget cuts our military has faced. "
Tom Cotton
Military
Budget
Donald Trump
" What I can do as the member of the United States Senate is try to do everything I can to keep America safe. "
Tom Cotton
Safe
I Can
Everything
" We're not responsible for the domestic security of every one of our allies. "
Tom Cotton
Allies
Security
Responsible
" The use of encrypted communication and data storage to shield terrorist coordination from intelligence and law-enforcement authorities is known as 'going dark.' "
Tom Cotton
Dark
Communication
Intelligence
" The U.S.-Israel alliance is a core part of our strategic position in the Middle East. "
Tom Cotton
Middle
Core
Middle East
" Fundamentally, we have to recognize that Iran is not a partner. "
Tom Cotton
Recognize
Partner
Iran
" The nuclear deal with Iran is fundamentally flawed. "
Tom Cotton
Flawed
Iran
Nuclear
" The West has been calling for years for the forces of moderate Islam to stand up to the very small percentage but very large number of radical Muslims all around the world. When countries - the U.A.E. or Egypt or Jordan - do that, we need to highlight it, we need to celebrate it, and we need to continue to encourage it. "
Tom Cotton
Celebrate
World
Stand
" Guantanamo Bay can be and has been visited repeatedly by the International Red Cross and other human-rights groups for observation in an open, regular, and transparent manner. Detainees receive the same medical care as the guard force and are able to participate in their daily prayer sessions. "
Tom Cotton
Daily
Care
Prayer
" Our national-security strategy must drive our military budget, rather than the budget setting our strategy. "
Tom Cotton
Budget
Than
Drive
" The Iranian people, if you look at their demographics and their level of education, could be a strong source for stability in the Middle East. The problem is they're run by an apocalyptic cult of ayatollahs. "
Tom Cotton
People
Education
Problem
" I learned one of the very important lessons in life in the 9/11 attacks. It's good to have a plan for your future; it's even better to write your plan in pencil. "
Tom Cotton
Life
Good
Future
" Law and order in our communities doesn't arise spontaneously. "
Tom Cotton
Communities
Our
Order
" Under the cover of encryption, terror masterminds provide recruits with the tactics and tools necessary to carry out attacks using small arms and explosives. None of this requires any overseas travel. "
Tom Cotton
Arms
Out
Tools
" Unless we get serious about addressing Iran's regional ambitions in places like Syria, then our allies are never going to be confident that we have a strategy for the region. "
Tom Cotton
Get
Strategy
Serious
" The world probably wishes that Great Britain had rebuilt its defenses and stopped Germany from reoccupying the Rhineland in 1936. "
Tom Cotton
Germany
Great
Wishes