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Jim Risch: “No one wants to spend money on it, but because of the world the way it is today, we have to.”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2015
No one wants to spend money on it, but because of the world the way it is today, we have to.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch emphasizes the necessity of funding for nuclear inventory due to current global threats.

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