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" There's been a lot of disappointments with the Iraqi army, no doubt about that. Some units have performed well, especially their special operations units. But a lot of their units have not. "
Tom Cotton
Well
Doubt
Army
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" There are still plenty of fighting forces inside of Syria who want to see Assad go. We should have been helping them from the very beginning. "
Tom Cotton
See
Want
Beginning
" 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
" Donald Trump, like most Americans, like most Republicans, believe in protecting America's core national interests. "
Tom Cotton
Donald Trump
Like
America
" 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
" It's the job of the president to negotiate, but it's the job of Congress to approve. "
Tom Cotton
President
Negotiate
Job
" I will say that there are genuine and serious concerns about what Hillary Clinton did before the Benghazi attacks, during them, and after them. I think her extremely careless handling of classified information, to use FBI Director Jim Comey's term, disqualifies her from being president. "
Tom Cotton
Say
Her
Think
" 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
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Small
Would
Power
" 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
" The NSA is not listening to anyone's phone calls. They're not reading any Americans' e-mails. They're collecting simply the data that your phone company already has, and which you don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy, so they can search that data quickly in the event of a terrorist plot. "
Tom Cotton
Listening
Search
Reading
" We need to be tough once again in the world. "
Tom Cotton
World
Need
Again
" The military budget must reflect the threats we face, rather than the budget defining those threats. "
Tom Cotton
Budget
Threats
Reflect
" You never know what kind of challenges are going to be thrown in your way or opportunities will arise. "
Tom Cotton
Opportunities
Challenges
Know
" Teenagers are kinda the same wherever you find them in America. "
Tom Cotton
Find
Teenagers
You
" The truth is you cannot decrease the severity and certainty of sentences without increasing crime. It's simply impossible. "
Tom Cotton
Truth
Impossible
Crime
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Influence
Commitment
Victory
" 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 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
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Fight
Started
War
" 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
" The Islamic State is using medieval tactics. "
Tom Cotton
Using
Medieval
Islamic
" Donald Trump may occasionally say things that are controversial or even objectionable to some, but those are words. "
Tom Cotton
May
Words
Things
" What you did do with your grocery card, discount card is much more invasive to your privacy than what the NSA does. "
Tom Cotton
Privacy
Discount
More
" We're not responsible for the domestic security of every one of our allies. "
Tom Cotton
Allies
Security
Responsible
" 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
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Debate
Enemy
Think
" We need to quit appeasing our adversaries, and we need to stand with our allies. "
Tom Cotton
Adversaries
Allies
Quit
" 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
Up
Soldiers
" 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
Us
World
Support
" 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