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Jim Risch: “My bottom line, Mr. Chairman, is that there should be a reexamination of the entire alliance.”

On the recordApril 14, 2010
My bottom line, Mr. Chairman, is that there should be a reexamination of the entire alliance.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Calling for a thorough review of the U.S.-Japan alliance and military presence.

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