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Dick Durbin: “If you are going to have a smaller buy and try to construct a portfolio of airplanes that winds up purportedly being…”

On the recordJune 18, 2013
If you are going to have a smaller buy and try to construct a portfolio of airplanes that winds up purportedly being cheaper, you have to factor in a higher unit cost as part of the calculation.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses the financial implications of a smaller aircraft purchase.

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