Welcome to "Arkies in the Beltway" for the week of August 4, 2024! I'm Alex Thomas, Washington Correspondent for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, with your look at national politics and the Arkansans influencing these discussions.
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., had an opportunity to present Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe with questions surrounding the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and the agency's shortcomings in protecting the former president and attendees of a July 13 rally in Pennsylvania.
Cotton, of Little Rock, participated in a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security committees last Tuesday, in which senators examined the shooting. Cotton serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The Senate approved the nomination of Arkansas' adjutant general as the next director of the U.S.
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