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James E. Risch

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James E. Risch is a prominent American politician currently serving as a U.S. Senator from Idaho. A member of the Republican Party, Risch has been in office since 2009, having previously served as the Lieutenant Governor of Idaho from 2006 to 2009. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on various issues including national security, foreign relations, and economic development. Risch has been an advocate for a strong U.S. presence on the global stage, emphasizing the importance of diplomacy and legislative action in addressing international crises.

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Mar 22, 2023

Xi is no peacemaker. He seems ready to validate Russia's war crimes in Ukraine.

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Mar 22, 2023

China is still the challenge of the century.

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Mar 22, 2023

We cannot be on the sidelines and mired down in bureaucratic processes. We need ambitious and consistent resourcing.

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Mar 22, 2023

I concur with the chairman's remarks regarding the Iran situation.

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Mar 22, 2023

I really object to taking it away from them and putting it somewhere else.

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Mar 15, 2023

The United States has an enduring interest in our prosperous, democratic, and stable Western Hemisphere.

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Mar 15, 2023

What good does sanctioning do if you do not do anything about it when a country like this takes the action it did?

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Mar 15, 2023

It just seems to me that why bother doing this? In fact, if anything, I think it undermines us by doing something like this and then it not having any consequences.

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Mar 15, 2023

I guess if I was sitting in Iran I would say the U.S. sanctioned us--so what. What do we care?

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Mar 15, 2023

It sure seems to me that it would be very difficult to argue that there is not backsliding going on.

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Mar 15, 2023

What good does sanctioning do if you do not do anything about it when a country like this takes the action it did?

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Mar 15, 2023

If I was another country I would say well, look, the U.S. asked them not to dock.

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