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Jim Risch: “Foreign military sales are always an issue. Obviously, the…”

Featuring: Jim Risch, Republican | U.S. Senate Idaho

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Chairman Risch Questions Nominees Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Published | Video Starts at 00:10

Senator, I've got a couple of questions, then we'll go over here. Mr. White. Foreign military sales are always an issue. Obviously, the system is somewhat cumbersome, probably by necessity because of the shared responsibility of the first branch of government and second branch of government. and the way it works coming out after Congress appropriates the funds and then obviously the administration, you guys make a decision. (00:10–00:26)

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Asserts that the foreign military sales system is cumbersome due to shared responsibilities between government branches.

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