Jim Risch

I have a real difficulty in explaining to people back home in Idaho what we're doing spending billions of dollars in Pakistan.

I feel ours is almost nonexistent.

We need to provide the service for that.

the sanctions are nothing more than talk, which is aggravating, since at the time we put them in place, the Iranians told us, 'So, what? We're going to continue to do business as usual.'

Either you get Iran to stop jamming programming from outside the country, or they lose the opportunity to channel their own programming into the country.

I think everybody here supported that. And I understand that, when you're enforcing sanctions, there's a spectrum...

It's against international law. And, by all means, we should stop it.

We have the same question.

I have to tell you that my feeling is the American people are not stupid and they are not too red hot about doling out money to people who, No. 1, do not want it and are not particularly appreciative of it.

I have to say that I fully expected to pick up the paper and see the fires and the burnings and the protests and what have you the next day, and it did not happen.

I do not think that is a really good answer for the Pakistani people. I know it would not be here in this country.

I think that all three of you have made reference to the fact that the incursions by the United States into Pakistani sovereign territory enrages the Pakistani people.

Thank you very much.

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I really really want to support the administration on this. When we're talking about these matters, we're all Americans and it's important that we pull the wagon together.

I'm not there. I'd like a better understanding of who it is that we're helping here.

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