Cotton dodges questions on secretary of defense post

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Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton declined to say Wednesday whether he would accept an offer to become Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense, and said he hasn’t spoken with Trump about a possible Cabinet post.

“The President-elect and I spoke last week but only to send my congratulations,” Cotton said on Fox News.

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