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Chris Murphy: “The risk tolerance in State is fundamentally different than the risk tolerance we have in the Department of Defense, and…”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2021
The risk tolerance in State is fundamentally different than the risk tolerance we have in the Department of Defense, and I think that is a mistake.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy highlights the disparity in risk tolerance between State and Defense departments.

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