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Jim Risch: “I couldn't agree with you more, except I think that that is a real understatement of what the situation is out there.”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2014
I couldn't agree with you more, except I think that that is a real understatement of what the situation is out there.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Senator Risch agrees with Clapper but believes the threat is even more severe than stated.

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