Jim Risch actually said...

For the Russians, it is not only a serious issue in their minds, but, more than that, it is a political battering ram that they have been using against us over the years, and I don't think that we will persuade them to give it up.

Context

Risch discusses Russia's use of political tactics against the U.S.

04/28/2010

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