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" I have spoken to Donald Trump about this. He understands the dramatic budget cuts our military has faced. "
Tom Cotton
Military
Budget
Donald Trump
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" We want the president to act to keep America safe. "
Tom Cotton
Want
President
Keep
" We need to quit appeasing our adversaries, and we need to stand with our allies. "
Tom Cotton
Adversaries
Allies
Quit
" Our goal is simple: to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. "
Tom Cotton
Weapon
Stop
Simple
" The forces that led to radical Islam, the Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda, Islamic State, can ultimately only be defeated by moderate Muslims around the globe, countries like U.A.E. that have led the fight within their own border to promote tolerance. "
Tom Cotton
Tolerance
Islam
Fight
" Most of who's left in the administration now are all these yes men and fanboys who were van drivers or press flacks for Barack Obama in Iowa and New Hampshire in 2008. "
Tom Cotton
Yes
Left
Men
" Waterboarding isn't torture. We do waterboarding to our own soldiers in the military. "
Tom Cotton
Own
Our
Military
" Jimmy Carter proposed withdrawing the troops from South Korea. He was stopped by the United States Congress. "
Tom Cotton
He
Congress
United
" Trying to balance the budget through defense cuts is both counterproductive and impossible. "
Tom Cotton
Budget
Impossible
Balance
" The military budget must reflect the threats we face, rather than the budget defining those threats. "
Tom Cotton
Budget
Threats
Reflect
" Bill Clinton worked with a Republican Congress. They certainly had their differences on many issues, but look at what they also accomplished. Welfare reform - that was maybe the most significant social policy achievement in two generations. "
Tom Cotton
Achievement
Differences
Look
" In our globalized world, our domestic prosperity depends heavily on the world economy, which, of course, requires stability and order. Who provides that stability and order? The U.S. military. "
Tom Cotton
World
Prosperity
Military
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Like
Lot
Act
" We're not responsible for the domestic security of every one of our allies. "
Tom Cotton
Allies
Security
Responsible
" We're going to make America a better place. "
Tom Cotton
America
Place
Better Place
" Vladimir Putin is decisive. He's committed to victory, and he now has aircraft and surface-to-air missiles and main battle tanks in Syria. "
Tom Cotton
Now
Victory
Battle
" We have to remain vigilant, and we have to continue to take the fight to the terrorist. "
Tom Cotton
Vigilant
Take
Remain
" I was in Iraq in the worst period, 2006, but from 2006 to 2008, and especially through 2011, the American military and the government of Iraq made huge strides in making that country a source of stability with a relatively representative government that was seeking pluralistic engagement from all the factions within the government. "
Tom Cotton
Country
Military
American
" As a senator, I play an important role in crafting foreign policy. "
Tom Cotton
Policy
Foreign Policy
Important
" I don't believe we should allow thousands of violent felons to be released early from prison, nor do I believe we should reduce sentences for violent offenders in the future. "
Tom Cotton
Nor
Prison
Believe
" 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
" President Obama likes to say Guantanamo Bay is a terrorist recruiting tool, and while that may be an easy excuse, it's simply not true. The reality is the motivations of radical Islamic jihadism existed before Guantanamo Bay. The ideology is premised on a narrative of conquest, in the spiritual as well as the earthly world. "
Tom Cotton
Easy
Spiritual
True
" The IAEA should be worried, as I am worried about it, because North Korea is now a nuclear power state with a ballistic missile program. "
Tom Cotton
Nuclear Power
Because
I Am
" Information obtained from detainees at Guantanamo has been described by the CIA as 'the lead information' that enabled the agency to recognize the importance of a courier for Usama bin Laden, a crucial understanding that led to Bin Laden's secret hideout in Pakistan and the U.S. raid that killed him. "
Tom Cotton
Understanding
Him
Information
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Say
Important
Play
" Actions have consequences. "
Tom Cotton
Actions
Consequences
" The nuclear deal with Iran is fundamentally flawed. "
Tom Cotton
Flawed
Iran
Nuclear
" In my opinion the only problem with Guantanamo Bay is there are too many empty beds and cells there right now. We should be sending more terrorists there for further interrogation to keep this country safe. "
Tom Cotton
Opinion
Now
Country
" It's humiliating for Barack Obama and, therefore, the United States to have American sailors held hostage during his final State of the Union. "
Tom Cotton
United States
American
Union
" There are nothing but hardliners in Iran. "
Tom Cotton
Nothing
Iran
" There's nothing good about Russia's activity in Syria. "
Tom Cotton
Syria
Russia
Nothing