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Jim Risch: “This is really disconcerting, and the good news is, is I think that one of the things, I think, might have pushed it…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2021
This is really disconcerting, and the good news is, is I think that one of the things, I think, might have pushed it over the edge is the fact that I do not think that they thought we would take away those 900 parts that they were co-producing for the F-35.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch discusses the impact of U.S. actions on Turkey's defense production.

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