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" 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

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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. "

" What the United States needs to do at this point is reaffirm our commitment that Assad must go and that Iran and Russia cannot be granted a sphere of influence in Syria, and that we will not sit down at the negotiating table to help broker Assad's victory in this fight. "

" If anything, we have an under-incarceration problem. "

Tom Cotton

Problem

Anything

" 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. "

Tom Cotton

Bad

Dangerous

" Hillary Clinton exposed our nation's most sensitive national security secrets to foreign adversaries. "

" No man wants more war if he's planned memorial services for fallen comrades, carried their flag-draped caskets off a plane, and buried them at Arlington National Cemetery. "

" Islamic terrorists do not need an excuse to attack the United States. To attack us is what they do; they attack us for what we are. "

Tom Cotton

Need

United States

" The Islamic State is using medieval tactics. "

" 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. "

" If the Islamic State is losing, if they are defeated in Iraq and Syria, or in Libya, which is maybe their most dangerous and most well-developed cell today, then they won't inspire nearly so many attacks. "

" I am focused on the work that the people of Arkansas sent me to do. "

" I have always had confidence in our front line F.B.I. personnel as well as the F.B.I. leadership. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You never know what kind of challenges are going to be thrown in your way or opportunities will arise. "

" It's the job of the president to negotiate, but it's the job of Congress to approve. "

" 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. "

Tom Cotton

World

Support

" I can't comment on what every single presidential candidate is saying or doing. "

" Any deal that's not approved by Congress won't be accepted by Congress. Not now and certainly not in the future. "

" We need to be tough once again in the world. "

" My thesis was a defense of our Constitution on the terms that the founding fathers wrote specifically in the Federalist Papers. They hoped that our form of government would draw forward men and women who are the wisest, most prudent, and most experienced. "

" The Islamic Revolution of Iran has been killing Americans, hundreds of Americans, for 35 years in Iraq and Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. "

" Early on, when my wife and I were dating, we went to the grocery store, and I told her that sometimes I just buy birthday cakes, and I eat them. And she said: 'Really? I do, too.' "

" If we had maintained a small, residual force in Iraq, I don't think the Islamic State would have risen to power as it has. "

" 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. "

" Trying to balance the budget through defense cuts is both counterproductive and impossible. "

" We're simply trying to say that Congress has a constitutional role to approve any deal, to make sure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. Not today, not tomorrow, not ten years from now. "

" 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. "