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" Our warriors and their families don't ask for much. But there are a few things we'd like. A commander-in-chief who speaks of winning wars and not merely ending wars, calls the enemy by its name, and draws red lines carefully but enforces them ruthlessly. "

Tom Cotton

Name

Red

Enemy

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

Tom Cotton

Problem

Anything

" 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? "

" 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. "

" Roadside bombs that Iran sent to Iraq to blow up over 500 American soldiers cost a lot less than $1.7 billion. "

Tom Cotton

American

Soldiers

" At Harvard College, I discovered political philosophy as a way of life. "

" I spent several months patrolling Al Dora district in Baghdad in 2006 with the 101st Airborne. It's a tough neighborhood. There's a lot of militias operating there, including a lot of Shiite militias, which are backed by Iran. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The world probably wishes that Great Britain had rebuilt its defenses and stopped Germany from reoccupying the Rhineland in 1936. "

" The Congress plays a central role in our constitutional structure. "

" Waterboarding isn't torture. We do waterboarding to our own soldiers in the military. "

" Law and order in our communities doesn't arise spontaneously. "

" Feminists say no-fault divorce was a large hurdle on the path to female liberation. They apparently don't consult the deepest hopes or greatest fears of young women. "

" I don't do stairs. And I don't do groups. "

Tom Cotton

Stairs

Groups

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

" I think that the public debate that we had on the Iran deal was very important. That's probably one of the most consequential things most of us will ever vote on ; a nuclear arms control agreement with a mortal enemy. And the White House - despite all their efforts - failed miserably. "

" It's humiliating for Barack Obama and, therefore, the United States to have American sailors held hostage during his final State of the Union. "

" Actions have consequences. "

Tom Cotton

Actions

Consequences

" As a Republican Party, we're going to have to have a conversation about it. But I think, ultimately, a majority of Republicans, like a majority of Americans, don't want to let violent felons out of prison. "

" Donald Trump may occasionally say things that are controversial or even objectionable to some, but those are words. "

" 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. "