US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said President Barack Obama's proposed budget for the nation's 2012 fiscal year starting Oct. 1, to be delivered to Congress later this month, will "give very clear guidance" to lawmakers and the airline industry that implementing the satellite-based NextGen ATC system remains a "high priority" for the administration.
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said President Barack Obama's proposed budget for the nation's 2012 fiscal year starting Oct. 1, to be delivered to Congress later this month, will "give very clear guidance" to lawmakers and the airline industry that implementing the satellite-based NextGen ATC system remains a "high priority" for the administration. Amid talk of spending cuts on Capitol Hill and questions raised in late December by the Dept. of ...
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