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" 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
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" 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? "
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" I'm not going to respond to every single thing that Donald Trump has to say or that Hillary Clinton says. "
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" Some people say I'm a young man in a hurry. Well, guess what: they're right. "
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" 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. "
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" The IAEA should be worried, as I am worried about it, because North Korea is now a nuclear power state with a ballistic missile program. "
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" Ambition characterizes and distinguishes national officeholders from other kinds of human beings. "
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" Our national-security strategy must drive our military budget, rather than the budget setting our strategy. "
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" The nuclear deal with Iran is fundamentally flawed. "
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" 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. "
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Think
" The Islamic Revolution of Iran has been killing Americans, hundreds of Americans, for 35 years in Iraq and Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. "
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" In Arkansas, we believe in religious freedom. "
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Freedom
" 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. "
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" At Harvard College, I discovered political philosophy as a way of life. "
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Political
Philosophy
" The world probably wishes that Great Britain had rebuilt its defenses and stopped Germany from reoccupying the Rhineland in 1936. "
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" 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. "
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Search
Reading
" Actions have consequences. "
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Actions
Consequences
" 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. "
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" Roadside bombs that Iran sent to Iraq to blow up over 500 American soldiers cost a lot less than $1.7 billion. "
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" The Senate must approve any deal President Obama negotiates with Iran by a two-thirds majority vote. "
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Senate
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" Under the cover of encryption, terror masterminds provide recruits with the tactics and tools necessary to carry out attacks using small arms and explosives. None of this requires any overseas travel. "
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Arms
Out
Tools
" If Iran wants their money back and wants to be treated like a normal nation, they need to act like a normal nation. "
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Back
Normal
Need
" 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. "
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Nor
Prison
Believe
" Donald Trump may occasionally say things that are controversial or even objectionable to some, but those are words. "
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May
Words
Things
" Inflammatory passion and selfish interest characterizes most men, whereas ambition characterizes men who pursue and hold national office. Such men rise from the people through a process of self-selection, since politics is a dirty business that discourages all but the most ambitious. "
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Business
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" Any deal that's not approved by Congress won't be accepted by Congress. Not now and certainly not in the future. "
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Future
Now
" You never know what kind of challenges are going to be thrown in your way or opportunities will arise. "
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" The critical role of Congress in the adoption of international agreements was clearly laid out by our Founding Fathers in our Constitution. And it's a principle upon which Democrats and Republicans have largely agreed. "
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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. "
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" Our goal is simple: to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. "
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" I don't do stairs. And I don't do groups. "
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