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Jim Risch: “The debacle in Afghanistan is an interagency failure, and the fact that you are the only one stepping up is…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2021
The debacle in Afghanistan is an interagency failure, and the fact that you are the only one stepping up is disheartening.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch criticizes the lack of accountability in the Afghanistan withdrawal.

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