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On the recordMarch 16, 2009
We depend on that when it's fully up to be about 40 percent to almost 90 percent of the movement of passengers.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Reed discusses the importance of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet for transportation.

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