Sen. Tom Cotton speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Rep. John Ratcliffe on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC on May 5, 2020.
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- Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas shrugged off a news report suggesting he previously embellished his military achievements.
- Cotton claimed the scrutiny was a politically-motivated attack.
- "But if some people disagree, that's fine," Cotton said in a Fox News interview.