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Jim Risch: I do not understand how anything dealing with the Russians could be characterized as confidence building under the…

On the recordMarch 16, 2016
I do not understand how anything dealing with the Russians could be characterized as confidence building under the present circumstances.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Senator Risch questions the effectiveness of the Open Skies Treaty amid current tensions with Russia.

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