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" Waterboarding isn't torture. We do waterboarding to our own soldiers in the military. "
Tom Cotton
Own
Our
Military
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" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Life
Good
Future
" 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
" I'm very proud and happy to be serving the people of Arkansas and the Senate, and I look forward to continue to serve them. "
Tom Cotton
Happy
Proud
Forward
" Actions have consequences. "
Tom Cotton
Actions
Consequences
" 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
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Policy
Congress
Foreign Policy
" 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
" We're not responsible for the domestic security of every one of our allies. "
Tom Cotton
Allies
Security
Responsible
" Teenagers are kinda the same wherever you find them in America. "
Tom Cotton
Find
Teenagers
You
" 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
" The truth is you cannot decrease the severity and certainty of sentences without increasing crime. It's simply impossible. "
Tom Cotton
Truth
Impossible
Crime
" The Islamic Revolution of Iran has been killing Americans, hundreds of Americans, for 35 years in Iraq and Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. "
Tom Cotton
Been
Iran
Lebanon
" 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'll tell you the truth, even in an election year, and that's what people are ready for. "
Tom Cotton
People
Election
You
" If anything, we have an under-incarceration problem. "
Tom Cotton
Problem
Anything
" The Middle East and South Asia have a lot less in common with America than 18-year-old kids in Boston have with 18-year-old kids in Arkansas. "
Tom Cotton
Boston
Middle East
America
" 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
" The U.S.-Israel alliance is a core part of our strategic position in the Middle East. "
Tom Cotton
Middle
Core
Middle East
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
Divorce
Young
Women
" 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
" The military budget must reflect the threats we face, rather than the budget defining those threats. "
Tom Cotton
Budget
Threats
Reflect
" 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
" There's nothing good about Russia's activity in Syria. "
Tom Cotton
Syria
Russia
Nothing
" 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
" The nuclear deal with Iran is fundamentally flawed. "
Tom Cotton
Flawed
Iran
Nuclear
" What I can do as the member of the United States Senate is try to do everything I can to keep America safe. "
Tom Cotton
Safe
I Can
Everything
" 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
" 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. "
Tom Cotton
End
Started
Left
" 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
" Ambition characterizes and distinguishes national officeholders from other kinds of human beings. "
Tom Cotton
Other
Human Beings
Ambition