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Jim Inhofe: “I am one of those who was enraged because there is a lot of redundancy here. We have stood on this floor. We have tried…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 1996
I am one of those who was enraged because there is a lot of redundancy here. We have stood on this floor. We have tried through talk radio, through every other means possible, to convince the American people that we really do have a very serious threat out there. This estimate was made by the national intelligence estimate which only a year ago stated, as was pointed out by Senator Kyl, that there is a risk out there. And it specifically talked about North Korea and the Taepo Dong II missile that would have the capability--this was a year ago--of reaching Hawaii and Alaska by the year 2000 and the Continental United States by the year 2002.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns over a Clinton administration intelligence estimate on missile threats.

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