American - Politician | May 13, 1977 -
I think that Americans - and this is not true just now, but over the years - are not fundamentally opposed to war. They're fundamentally opposed to losing wars.
Tom Cotton
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Donald Trump may occasionally say things that are controversial or even objectionable to some, but those are words.
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Information obtained from detainees at Guantanamo has been described by the CIA as 'the lead information' that enabled the agency to recognize the importance of a courier for Usama bin Laden, a crucial understanding that led to Bin Laden's secret hideout in Pakistan and the U.S. raid that killed him.
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The president has largely taken a hands-off approach in Syria and granted it as a legitimate sphere of interest to countries like Iran and like Russia. This is very bad policy, and it's going to lead to very dangerous consequences for our partners in the region, which is why so many of them are so opposed to U.S. policies.
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Vladimir Putin is decisive. He's committed to victory, and he now has aircraft and surface-to-air missiles and main battle tanks in Syria.
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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.
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We need to quit appeasing our adversaries, and we need to stand with our allies.
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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.
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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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I'll tell you the truth, even in an election year, and that's what people are ready for.
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At Harvard College, I discovered political philosophy as a way of life.
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Ambition characterizes and distinguishes national officeholders from other kinds of human beings.
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