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James Inhofe, former senator and leading US conservative, dies at 89
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oklahoma Republican James Inhofe, a mainstay of the ideological right in the U.S. Congress and champion of American military strength who derided as a hoax the notion that human activities drove climate change and …