Cotton Statement on Russia's Open Skies Treaty Violations

Statement

Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on Russia's violations of the Open Skies Treaty:

"Vladimir Putin has violated the Open Skies Treaty for years while continuing to benefit from surveillance flights over the United States. The president should withdraw from the treaty and redeploy the hundreds of millions of dollars the Pentagon wastes on Open Skies flights and equipment to increase U.S. combat power."

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