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" I am focused on the work that the people of Arkansas sent me to do. "
Tom Cotton
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" Unlike President Obama, I would say that I support the long-standing bipartisan post-war belief that American global strength and leadership secures our national-security interests, and it also promotes order and stability in the world. And it gives us immense influence in the world and deters our adversaries and reassures our allies. "
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" We have taught Iran's leaders and the world a very bad lesson: that there is a price on the head of Americans to be held hostage. "
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" If anything, we have an under-incarceration problem. "
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" At Harvard College, I discovered political philosophy as a way of life. "
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Philosophy
" Two-thirds of the American people realize just how bad the nuclear deal is with Iran. "
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" The president has largely taken a hands-off approach in Syria and granted it as a legitimate sphere of interest to countries like Iran and like Russia. This is very bad policy, and it's going to lead to very dangerous consequences for our partners in the region, which is why so many of them are so opposed to U.S. policies. "
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" I've said all along: I'll support the nominee, because we can't afford another term of the Obama-Clinton foreign policy or, for that matter, economic policy at home. "
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" As a senator, I play an important role in crafting foreign policy. "
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Foreign Policy
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" The critical role of Congress in the adoption of international agreements was clearly laid out by our Founding Fathers in our Constitution. And it's a principle upon which Democrats and Republicans have largely agreed. "
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Congress
Constitution
Democrats
" 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. "
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Arms
Out
Tools
" Some people say I'm a young man in a hurry. Well, guess what: they're right. "
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Say
Some People
" The claim that too many criminals are being jailed, that there is over-incarceration, ignores an unfortunate fact: For the vast majority of crimes, a perpetrator is never identified or arrested, let alone prosecuted, convicted and jailed. "
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Majority
Alone
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" It's important to remember that whatever the presidential candidates of either party say, they will have to interact with the United States Congress, particularly the Senate, when it comes to crafting policy... we play an important role. And I'm going to continue to play that role, whoever is president. "
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Say
Important
Play
" 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. "
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Believe
I Believe
Result
" Our national-security strategy must drive our military budget, rather than the budget setting our strategy. "
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Budget
Than
Drive
" Are we fighting too many wars? And I would say no. We're fighting one war. And it's a war against radical Islamic Jihad. "
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Say
Radical
Fighting
" The U.S.-Israel alliance is a core part of our strategic position in the Middle East. "
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Middle
Core
Middle East
" Guantanamo Bay is a first-rate detention facility that's kept terrorists off the battlefield and kept America safe. It's critical role in our national security cannot be overstated. "
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Our
Safe
America
" I joined the army after 9/11, after the Iraq war was started. I joined in part because I wanted to go fight on the front lines. "
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Fight
Started
War
" I don't do stairs. And I don't do groups. "
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Stairs
Groups
" It's humiliating for Barack Obama and, therefore, the United States to have American sailors held hostage during his final State of the Union. "
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United States
American
Union
" 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. "
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End
Started
Left
" I have introduced legislation - with other senators from both parties, like Bob Corker and Bob Menendez and Joe Manchin - called the 'Countering the Iranian Threats Act', specifically to clamp down on a lot of Iran's nefarious activity throughout the region. "
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Lot
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" I think it's important that the Republican Party remain the home of conservatives and that the best way to advance conservative principles is to elect Republicans up and down the ballot. "
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Home
Best
Important
" If men have easy access to divorce, many will choose it thoughtlessly. They may not gain true happiness with their new trophy wives, but they certainly will not slide into the material indigence and emotional misery that awaits most divorced women. "
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Women
Divorce
Easy
" We should have imposed new sanctions in 2013 and maintained the strength of our negotiating position, which is what brought Iran to the table in the first place. "
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New
Place
Table
" We only have one president and one secretary of state, but our founding fathers very clearly insisted that Congress play a significant role in foreign policy. "
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Congress
Foreign Policy
" We need to quit appeasing our adversaries, and we need to stand with our allies. "
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Allies
Quit
" 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. "
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Business
Men