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Jim Risch: “Why sit at a table with people who are going to look you in the eye and say, look, we do not care what you say, we do…”

On the recordJune 7, 2021
Why sit at a table with people who are going to look you in the eye and say, look, we do not care what you say, we do not care what the U.N. says, we do not care what the rest of the world says, we are going to develop missiles and you can go pound sand?
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch questions the logic of negotiating with Iran given its missile development.

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