Kelly Ayotte

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**FILE** In this Oct. 29, 2010 photo, then-New Hampshire Republican Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte (left) gets help from Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., in Concord, N.H. (Associated Press)

Sens. Kelly Ayotte, John McCain and Lindsey Graham say breathing new life into the Bush-era missile defense system — particularly by pursuing a "third site" in the Czech Republic — would be an effective way to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin for his use of military force to effect a swift annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte speaks during a press conference at the American Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 22, 2014. Ayotte stressed out during her brief visit to Afghanistan that no American forces would remain in Afghanistan without a bilateral security agreement, but she also said Obama shouldn’t wait for that to give an idea of what the U.S. presence would look like after the NATO-led combat mission ends at the end of this year. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte gestures during a press conference at the American Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 22, 2014. Ayotte stressed out during her brief visit to Afghanistan that no American forces would remain in Afghanistan without a bilateral security agreement, but she also said Obama shouldn’t wait for that to give an idea of what the U.S. presence would look like after the NATO-led combat mission ends at the end of this year. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)