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For anything this big or is it that japan was not quite there in terms of preparedness? what's your take? >> well, you know, candy, after the koby earthquake, president clinton sent me over there. japan has the most stringent seismic earthquake codes as anyone. in japan as well as united states we have inherited a stock of buildings that were built before the new seismic codes and getting those buildings retrofitted is extremely important. they have buildings, as well as we do, that are not up to the type of code they need to be. >> let me bring you here to the u.s. because i think in general,...
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