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Jim Risch: “Endorsing the responsibility to protect is one thing; acting on it is another.”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2021
Endorsing the responsibility to protect is one thing; acting on it is another.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch highlights the gap between endorsing and acting on the responsibility to protect.

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