Tom Cotton

Thomas Bryant Cotton (born May 13, 1977) is an American politician and former U.S. Army officer who has served as the junior senator from Arkansas since 2015, after representing the state's 4th congressional district in the House from 2013 to 2015. A Harvard graduate, he deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, was elected with Tea Party support, and is known for hawkish foreign policy views on China, Iran, and Palestine, while chairing the Senate Republican Conference and Senate Intelligence Committee.[2][3]