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Jim Risch: “What they see is incompetence that they think they might be able to exploit, may lead to miscalculation.”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2021
What they see is incompetence that they think they might be able to exploit, may lead to miscalculation.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch warns that adversaries view the withdrawal as a sign of U.S. incompetence.

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