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Jim Risch: “I think that if these talks are successful and they can put a few people on each of those ships, and they took…”

On the recordApril 29, 2009
I think that if these talks are successful and they can put a few people on each of those ships, and they took aggressive action in the case of an attack, I would suspect that's going to slow them down.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Senator Risch discusses the potential effectiveness of deploying marines on ships to deter piracy.

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