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Jim Inhofe: “If ever the force is so degraded and so unready, and then we're asked to use it, it would be immoral.”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
If ever the force is so degraded and so unready, and then we're asked to use it, it would be immoral.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe emphasizes the moral implications of military readiness.

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