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Tom Cole: “I was teaching European history courses at the University of…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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The Cloakroom with Peter Roskam: Featuring Congressman Tom Cole, R-OK

Published | Video Starts at 05:09

And so, you know, February of 78 rolls around, I'm in London on a Fulbright fellowship and my mother gets in touch with me and goes, when are you coming home? I'm running. Wow. You know, she knew I was coming back in June. I was teaching European history courses at the University of Oklahoma. And so I came back, went to a little state party sponsored campaign manager school for two days and met with my academic advisors and told them, look, I'm going … (05:09–05:14)

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