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Jim Risch: “Russia's a threat to many, but a protector of none.”

On the recordApril 28, 2010
Russia's a threat to many, but a protector of none.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch contrasts Russia's role as a threat with America's protective role.

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