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Jim Risch: “It becomes very difficult, and particularly when the funds have now been freed up for UNRWA to get those funds again…”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2021
It becomes very difficult, and particularly when the funds have now been freed up for UNRWA to get those funds again, and we are a huge contributor to that operation
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch expresses concern over U.S. funding to UNRWA without accountability.

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