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Jim Inhofe: I was hoping it would come out that the Defense authorization bill would have put us in the position to deploy a system…

On the recordJanuary 31, 1996
I was hoping it would come out that the Defense authorization bill would have put us in the position to deploy a system, a very crude system, a very basic system, by the year 2003. The estimates are that this would actually be 2 years beyond the time when the threat would exist, so we would still have 2 years of vulnerability. I believe I am correct when I say that.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Discussing the implications of the Defense authorization bill on national defense capabilities.

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