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Jim Risch: we cannot be obligated to comply with the U.N. when they are not complying with their own rules, resolutions, and their…

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
we cannot be obligated to comply with the U.N. when they are not complying with their own rules, resolutions, and their commitments to reform.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Argues for tying U.N. payments to compliance with reforms.

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