“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“Here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen; we won and he lost.”

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Jim Risch

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Jim Risch is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Idaho since 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Risch previously held the position of lieutenant governor of Idaho from 2006 to 2009 and served in the Idaho State Senate from 2002 to 2006. Throughout his career, he has focused on issues such as government accountability and land management, reflecting the interests of his constituents in Idaho.

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Dec 2, 2009

I view this, really, not as a Republican problem or a Democrat problem; this is an American problem.

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Dec 2, 2009

No amount of troops in no amount of time will ever be enough to completely achieve success in such a fight.

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Dec 2, 2009

they must begin to accept their responsibility for their own security

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Dec 2, 2009

I think that's a positive that we should look at, and the fact that we have driven al-Qaeda out of Afghanistan

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Dec 2, 2009

the sense of urgency really seems to be lacking there

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Oct 21, 2009

The challenge for NATO is matching its level of ambition with political will to resource the means to accomplish its ambitions.

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Oct 21, 2009

The 2010 Strategic Concept must, unlike its predecessor, address the ways and means.

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Oct 21, 2009

The Alliance must maintain collective defense and reinforce the transatlantic link, and ensure a balance that allows the European allies to assume greater responsibility.

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Oct 14, 2009

climate change, energy security, and national security are basically a Venn diagram.

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Oct 14, 2009

we, the United States military, start putting climate change in our national security planning

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Oct 14, 2009

climate change is actually a threat multiplier

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Oct 7, 2009

I think probably one of the biggest blanks in our scientific knowledge in America is ocean conditions.

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