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Rick Larsen: If you close that tower, you are going to slow down operations.

On the recordMarch 5, 2013
If you close that tower, you are going to slow down operations.
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Rick Larsen
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Larsen warns about the negative impact of closing an airport tower on Boeing operations.

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