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Jim Risch: “A political solution to the insurgency at some point would be a very good thing.”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
A political solution to the insurgency at some point would be a very good thing.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch emphasizes the importance of a political solution in Afghanistan.

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