Cotton: Obama ‘undermined’ Congressional Efforts to Confront Russia

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Cotton: Obama ‘undermined’ Congressional Efforts to Confront Russia

rkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said during  an appearance on Today’s edition of “Fox News Sunday” that President Obama’s recent sanctions against Russia mark Obama as a latecomer to efforts to take a harder line on Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin.

Cotton said Obama had actively “undermined” earlier legislative efforts by Congress to confront Russia. The Obama administration did lobby members of Congress against such legislative efforts, claiming that the legislation would hurt the State Department’s diplomatic efforts with Russia.

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