I really question whether you're going to have the same security situation in Afghanistan that you have in Iraq right now.
Jim Risch: “I really question whether you're going to have the same security situation in Afghanistan that you have in Iraq right…”
On the recordDecember 8, 2009
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Senator Risch doubts security in Afghanistan will match that of Iraq by July 2011.
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