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Jim Inhofe: “I would say to both of you, when a tragedy occurs such as 9/11, it changes the behavior; we do things that we hadn't…”

On the recordJune 12, 2012
I would say to both of you, when a tragedy occurs such as 9/11, it changes the behavior; we do things that we hadn't done before.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe discusses behavioral changes in response to tragedies like 9/11 and Fukushima.

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