U.S. Senator and Army Veteran

Sen. Tom Cotton

1 article 2009

Tom Cotton is a U.S. Senator from Arkansas, serving since 2015. A Harvard Law School graduate and U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, he contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2009 with a piece drawing on his military experience to address misconceptions about the war in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Myths

November 23, 2009 · Magazine, Tom Cotton

Early this month, I traveled to Washington with Vets for Freedom to advocate for General Stanley McChrystal's request for 40,000 to 60,000 more troops in Afghanistan. I returned from Afghanistan last summer and, along with other veterans of that theater, wanted to share my experience with…