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" 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

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" The use of encrypted communication and data storage to shield terrorist coordination from intelligence and law-enforcement authorities is known as 'going dark.' "

" My heart goes out, as does every American, when I see the videotape of Jason Rezaian and Amir Hekmati and Saeed Abedini coming back to their families. "

" No officer wants to be involved in a justified use of force proven unnecessary after the fact, any more than soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan wanted to make what proved to be the wrong decision in a shoot-don't-shoot situation. Those decisions, even if justified, live with you forever, believe me. "

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Decision

" Given the devastation that crime can visit on families and communities, I will err on being a little too tough on crime than being too soft on crime. "

" I and many other senators, Republican and Democrat, have expressed our sincere and long-held intent that Congress must approve any nuclear deal with Iran for months. "

" America does not torture. We never have, and we never will. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The truth is you cannot decrease the severity and certainty of sentences without increasing crime. It's simply impossible. "

" 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'm very proud and happy to be serving the people of Arkansas and the Senate, and I look forward to continue to serve them. "

" The Islamic State is using medieval tactics. "

" 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. "

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

" Guantanamo Bay is a first-rate detention facility that's kept terrorists off the battlefield and kept America safe. It's critical role in our national security cannot be overstated. "

" 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. "

" The acronym ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. But increasingly, we see that it's not limited there. We see it in Egypt. We see it in Libya. We see it in Afghanistan. "

" Today, few terrorist organizations still employ the 'al-Qaeda model' in which individuals travel to terrorist training camps overseas and then are deployed to the West to inflict atrocities. "

" 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. "

" Actions have consequences. "

Tom Cotton

Actions

Consequences

" The claim that too many criminals are being jailed, that there is over-incarceration, ignores an unfortunate fact: For the vast majority of crimes, a perpetrator is never identified or arrested, let alone prosecuted, convicted and jailed. "

" 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? "

" 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 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. "

" Fundamentally, we have to recognize that Iran is not a partner. "

" 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. "

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World

Support

" The West has been calling for years for the forces of moderate Islam to stand up to the very small percentage but very large number of radical Muslims all around the world. When countries - the U.A.E. or Egypt or Jordan - do that, we need to highlight it, we need to celebrate it, and we need to continue to encourage it. "

" Two-thirds of the American people realize just how bad the nuclear deal is with Iran. "