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Jim Risch: I agree with Senator Lugar. If we were to assess and redistribute our worldwide military and diplomatic assets without…

On the recordJune 22, 2011
I agree with Senator Lugar. If we were to assess and redistribute our worldwide military and diplomatic assets without reference to where they are today, we'd be hard-pressed to say that we should spend $120 billion in Afghanistan and have 100,000 troops.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Support for Senator Lugar's view on military spending in Afghanistan.

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