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Jim Risch: “Under the new leadership [of the International Atomic Energy…”

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

Chairman Risch Questions Nominees Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Published April 16, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:59

I wasn't there very long, but I'll tell you, it didn't take me long to figure out those guys had no idea what they were doing and how disorganized they were and carrying out a function that is incredibly important to the world Under the new leadership [of the International Atomic Energy Agency] they have, it is very different than that. But having said that, I want to stress to you that you need to keep one eye on that agency awake and looking at them at all times, because I'm telling you what they do there is incredibly important. (04:59)

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Asserts that the International Atomic Energy Agency has improved under new leadership.

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