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Jim Inhofe: Up until that statement, I suggest to the Senator from North Dakota that we are almost in agreement on a couple of…

On the recordFebruary 28, 1996
Up until that statement, I suggest to the Senator from North Dakota that we are almost in agreement on a couple of things. We need to do what we can to defend against terrorist attacks, whether it is fertilizers bombs in suitcases and any other way. But just because that is also a threat does not mean we should abandon our national missile system because that threat is there. The Senator talks about what our capabilities are today. The Senator talks about a dome. I am not talking about a dome. I think it is demeaning to the American people to keep using over and over again the statement ``star wars.'' I know the President does that quite often.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Discussing national defense and missile systems in response to concerns about terrorism.

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