Bennie Thompson actually said...

There's a bridge that connects my district with the neighboring state of Arkansas, that if that bridge is taken out, you would have to go 100 miles to get to the other side of the river. Well, it was not listed.

Context

Thompson highlights the omission of critical infrastructure from the national database of potential terrorist targets.

12/08/2004

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