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We want the president to act to keep America safe.

The Islamic State is using medieval tactics.

We need to be tough once again in the world.

We need to quit appeasing our adversaries, and we need to stand with our allies.

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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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.

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We're going to make America a better place.

From Tom Cotton

I am focused on the work that the people of Arkansas sent me to do.

From Tom Cotton

By the time the 2008 election arrived, we had finally won the Iraq War, or we were on the road to winning it. We won starting in the summer of 2007 going into late 2011.

From Tom Cotton

I was in Iraq in the worst period, 2006, but from 2006 to 2008, and especially through 2011, the American military and the government of Iraq made huge strides in making that country a source of stability with a relatively representative government that was seeking pluralistic engagement from all the factions within the government.

From Tom Cotton

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