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Jim Risch: “I would really urge someone to sit down with a pad and a pencil and come up with some specific numbers.”

On the recordJune 22, 2011
I would really urge someone to sit down with a pad and a pencil and come up with some specific numbers.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch emphasizes the need for specific financial estimates for Afghanistan.

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