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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood discusses the interruption of federal funding for airport construction projects and contractors at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Monday, August 1, 2011.
Wednesday, Aug. 03, 2011

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  • RAY LAHOOD,
  • U.S. Transportation Secretary, trying to assure passengers despite a congressional deadlock over the FAA budget that has left thousands of agency employees and contractors out of work until September
Photo: AP Photo / Henny Ray Abrams | Source: New York Times