When he received no reply he politely repeated the question.

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He simply did not have the information to answer the question, he repeated.

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Sanford remarked that he didn't hear the response and asked to have the question repeated.

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" He repeated that question Wednesday, telling colleagues, "I never thought that I would be reliving the need to ask that question again.

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