Tom Cotton: US should exit surveillance treaty with Russia

By Joel Gehrke

Published September 12, 2018 7:17pm ET

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Tom Cotton: US should exit surveillance treaty with Russia — Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said he doesn't want to jump to conclusions about the extent or motivation of Russia's hacks into prominent Democrats before the intelligence community releases a report ordered by President Obama. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) | Danny Johnston

President Trump should withdraw the United States from a treaty governing aerial surveillance due to a dispute with Russia, according to Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.

“The Open Skies Treaty is out of date and favors Russia, and the best way forward is to leave it,” Cotton, a member of the Armed Services Committee, said Wednesday.

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