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Jim Risch: “The perception of the United Nations maybe that I have and many of my constituents is more that they are ineffective…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
The perception of the United Nations maybe that I have and many of my constituents is more that they are ineffective, they have been wasteful, there is corruption.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Expresses concerns about U.N. effectiveness and corruption.

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