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2024-11-24 10:22:24 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A8C317C39D82DDC8C420C33358F9E6F7069423A077E2F9041C728CF83F4B9B81
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This picture does not depict Tom Cotton, but rather a member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade after nearly 1,000 gold bars were confiscated from a truck in Kirkuk and returned to the Iraqi Treasury. The photo was taken in 2003, Cotton did not join the military until 2005. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/senator-tom-cotton-gold-pile/ https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2003-05-27/gold-bars-pique-173rd's-interest-at-checkpoint-1906928.html
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