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Tom Cotton: “We want them to stop the drug and the weapons trafficking.”

Featuring: Tom Cotton, Republican | U.S. Senate, Arkansas

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Marco Rubio, Sen. Chris Van Hollen and more | "Face the Nation" Full Broadcast - Jan. 4, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 18:27

How much time would you allow for that? I wouldn't allow much personally, but I know those conversations are ongoing. As Secretary Rubio said earlier on the show in your interview, We want them to stop the drug and the weapons trafficking. We want them to take the refugees back. We want them to kick out the Iranians, the Cubans, the Islamic radicals like Hezbollah, and just return to being a normal nation. (18:27–18:30)

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Asserts that the U.S. wants Venezuelan officials to stop drug and weapons trafficking.

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