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John Ratcliffe: “Russia's economy is about the size of my home state of…”

Featuring: John Ratcliffe, Republican | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | National

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Russia compete with us, other adversaries on the technological front. But China's different. We're the largest economy in the world. China is the second largest. Russia's economy is about the size of my home state of Texas. So they have to choose where they're going to compete where China competes with us across the board. So, and we've seen to use your examples of, you know, things that are important. (00:09–00:12)

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Asserts that Russia's economy is comparable in size to the state of Texas.

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