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Jim Risch: The United States has never given Yemen quite the attention that it deserves.

On the recordJanuary 19, 2010
The United States has never given Yemen quite the attention that it deserves.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch emphasizes the lack of U.S. attention to Yemen's issues.

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