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Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

BRUCE FEIN: Where is Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas?

By Bruce Fein

This undated image made from a video released by Islamic State militants, Sunday, April 19, 2015, shows a group of captured Ethiopian Christians taken to a beach before they were killed by Islamic State militants, in Libya. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Tom Cotton: ‘Islamic State seems to be winning right now’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 24, 2011 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, to make a statement on Capitol Hill in Washington. American politicians like to pick and choose when they&#8217;ll abide by the storied notion that politics should stop at the water's edge, and when to give that idea a kick in the pants. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

EDITORIAL: Jews consider Republican Party

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this March 21, 2015 file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, participates in a meet and greet at the Epoch Restaurant in Exeter, N.H. Few states have shaped presidential politics like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. By hosting the nation's first presidential primary contests, the states have reaped political and financial rewards for decades on successful candidates and hastened the end for underachievers. Yet their clout may be declining in 2016. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter, File)

BRUCE FEIN: Rand Paul’s defense leadership undiminshed

By Bruce Fein

Illustration on the Cotton letter's impact on nuclear talks with Iran by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Tom Cotton will take blame if Iran nuke talks fail

By Victor Davis Hanson

Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

FRANK GAFFNEY: Sen. Cotton is right on Obama’s disastrous diplomacy

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

FILE - In this March 13, 2015 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to a meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. In an interview with CBS News, Kerry said the U.S. is pushing for Syrian President Bashar Assad to seriously discuss a transition strategy to quell the Arab country's four-year civil war. (AP Photo/Brian Snyder, Pool, File)

John Kerry chides GOP for Senate letter on Iran nuclear deal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and fellow Republicans are trying to shift focus away from a controversial letter to Iranian leaders last week and back toward details of the nuclear deal President Obama is negotiating with the Islamic republic. (Associated Press)

Republicans demand voice on Iran deal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This Nov. 11, 2014, file photo shows the U.S. Capitol Building illuminated by the setting sun on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

EDITORIAL: Iran letter is not treason

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Then-Rep., now Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark, speaks in Jonesboro, Ark., in this Oct. 31, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Tom Cotton: ‘Surprised’ Hillary Clinton not standing up for constitutional powers of Congress

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

$In this file Aug. 4, 2014 photo, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., takes questions during a news conference about fracking, as Colo. Gov. John Hickenlooper, left, stands at left, inside the Capitol, in Denver. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)$

Jared Polis refers to Tom Cotton, Army veteran, as ‘Tehran Tom’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, then-Sen.-elect Tom Cotton, R-Ark., waves at his election watch party in North Little Rock, Ark., after defeating incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor. Forty-seven Republican senators warned Monday that any agreement the Obama administration strikes with Iran to limit Tehran's nuclear program may be short-lived unless Congress approves the deal. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Tom Cotton: Joe Biden has been wrong on foreign policy, national security for decades

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In their letter to Iranian leaders, 47 Senate Republicans, led by freshman Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, told Tehran that any nuclear deal that isn't submitted to Congress — as now seems likely — would not last into the next administration and would not represent the kind of historic, lasting agreement President Obama envisions. (Associated Press)

Senate Republicans’ letter to Iran draws furious response from White House, Democrats

By David Sherfinski and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In their letter to Iranian leaders, 47 Senate Republicans, led by freshman Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, told Tehran that any nuclear deal that isn't submitted to Congress — as now seems likely — would not last into the next administration and would not represent the kind of historic, lasting agreement President Obama envisions. (Associated Press)

Tom Cotton: U.S. ought to be ‘proud’ of treatment of ‘savages’ at Guantanamo Bay

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Brian McKeon, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, said the administration doesn't believe it's a coincidence that a Jordanian pilot and a Japanese hostage were wearing orange jumpsuits, which he said are symbols of Guantanamo Bay, in two recent execution videos released by the Islamic State. (Associated Press)

Senators question administration on Gitmo’s use as recruiting tool

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., talks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington in this Dec. 17, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP’s 2016 contenders have political committees file end-of-year fundraising hauls

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, has called on Senate GOP leaders to refuse to confirm almost all of President Obama's nominations to judicial or executive offices until the president rescinds his amnesty order. (Associated Press)

Obama amnesty could be thwarted by Congress budget action, legal advisers say

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton: Obama putting U.S. jobs in peril through immigration action

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark. center, poses for a picture with Little Rock resident Christopher King, right, while Howard Nash of Little Rock, steadies his camera at Sim's Barbecue restaurant in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, on election day. (AP Photo/David Quinn)

Arkansas Senate election results: Tom Cotton vs. Mark Pryor

By Staff

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., left, greets Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, far right, as Green Party candidate Mark Swaney walks past after a televised debate at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Ark., Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Tom Cotton up 8 points over Mark Pryor in Arkansas Senate race: poll

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times