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Washington Vows Better Airline Safety

Teamsters prez blasts plan as 'window dressing'

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 18, 2008 9:06 PM CDT

(Newser) – Today Washington vowed to beef up airplane inspections and demanded to know why American Airlines stranded 250,000 travelers last week, the AP reports. "No one at all was well served by what happened," US Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said. But she defended... Read full story »

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