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Jim Risch: The thing that troubled me was the lack of sense of nationality amongst the people.

On the recordOctober 6, 2009
The thing that troubled me was the lack of sense of nationality amongst the people.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch expresses concern about the lack of national identity in Afghanistan.

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