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Jim Risch: “I have to say that I fully expected to pick up the paper and see the fires and the burnings and the protests and what…”

On the recordMay 4, 2011
I have to say that I fully expected to pick up the paper and see the fires and the burnings and the protests and what have you the next day, and it did not happen.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch expresses surprise at the lack of protests after U.S. operations in Pakistan.

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