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Angus King: “I hesitate to speculate how a jet airplane would fly if Congress was in the driver's seat, the pilot's seat.”

On the recordMarch 21, 2017
I hesitate to speculate how a jet airplane would fly if Congress was in the driver's seat, the pilot's seat.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

Editor's note · Context

Senator King comments on Congress's role in military aviation decisions.

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