Sen. Cotton Issues Statement on Open Skies Treaty
May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020
WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following statement on May 21 after reports of President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty:
"Today the president has taken another positive step to end America's dependence on dysfunctional and broken treaties. The Open Skies Treaty started life as a good-faith agreement between major powers and died an asset of Russian intelligence. For Mr. Putin, the treaty was just another scheme to snatch a . . .
"Today the president has taken another positive step to end America's dependence on dysfunctional and broken treaties. The Open Skies Treaty started life as a good-faith agreement between major powers and died an asset of Russian intelligence. For Mr. Putin, the treaty was just another scheme to snatch a . . .