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Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

Lankford Joins New 9 to Talk About Terrorist Arrested in Oklahoma

Published October 9, 2024 | Video Starts at 00:27

Good morning, Senator, good morning to you. We want to start with just your general reaction this morning as we're learning new details about this arrest. Yeah, this has been an issue The FBI and the Oklahoma City field office have tracked [the suspect] for a while now. a while now as he has continued to be able to plan to be able to carry out attack on behalf of ISIS. (00:27–00:41)

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Asserts that the FBI and Oklahoma City field office have been monitoring the suspect for some time.

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