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On the recordJuly 17, 2018
When I go through the list, I go back to business perspective in the past and remember a very old term, the big, hairy, audacious goals (BHAG), and that is really what I see this, as the list of the big, hairy, audacious goals.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford compares the proposal list to ambitious business goals.

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