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Rumored SECDEF Candidate Cotton Says U.S. Should Support NATO, Modernize Nuclear Arsenal

Thursday, November 17th, 2016

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Rumored SECDEF Candidate Cotton Says U.S. Should Support NATO, Modernize Nuclear Arsenal

Sen. Tom Cottton, R-Ark.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), whose name has been run through the rumor mill this week as a possible candidate for Secretary of Defense under President-elect Donald Trump, on Thursday emphasized the importance of nuclear modernization and the NATO alliance. Since his election, only Trump surrogates have reversed his campaign rhetoric that NATO is obsolete and that European member states do not send their fair share on collective defense. Trump also has questioned the U.S. military’s opposition to Russian aggression in…

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