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On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
It is very clear I think to me--and I will not ask you--well, I will ask you to respond. We are in a weakened condition right now that we have not been in relative to the threat that is out there, at least in the 20-plus years that I have been here, when you have the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff talking about how the risk is so great and we are so unready that it would be immoral to use force and you have the Vice Chairman saying that for the first time in my career, we could be met with a crisis and we would have to say we cannot.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe expresses concern about U.S. military readiness and the risks of current threats.

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