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Jim Risch: “To me, trying to say, 'Well, we don't want any corruption in the country' is kind of like telling the Mafia...”

On the recordMay 11, 2009
To me, trying to say, 'Well, we don't want any corruption in the country' is kind of like telling the Mafia...
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Senator Risch compares Afghanistan's corruption to organized crime.

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