George Bush
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The Transportation Security Administration last week began testing automated boarding pass and ID verification machines
… fraudulent document detection technology" units. TSA "in the coming weeks" also will test the technologies at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Puerto Rico's Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. BAE Systems Information Solutions …
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House Transportation Committee Knocks High-Speed Rail Funding Plan
… surface of the total funding needed. According to Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.), "For eight years under the Bush Administration , zero funds went to Amtrak. This is the first time we have made a major investment in high-speed rail. This …
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Commercial Carrier CEOs See Consolidation As Necessary, Complex
… Departments of Transportation and Justice have been more aggressive under the Obama administration than under the Bush administration in reviewing airline deals. Anderson said the deal announced last August to trade some Washington National slots …
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United, Continental Agree To Merge Into World's Biggest Airline
… Departments of Transportation and Justice have been more aggressive under the Obama administration than the Bush administration in blessing deals between airlines, Delta CEO Richard Anderson offered this little nugget during the carrier …
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One-On-One: Star Aligns For Departing Continental Airlines CEO Larry Kellner
… move for us. Delta merged, and we chose not to merge. Our view at the time was that we could get in before the Bush administration was over. Clearly, that didn't work. That's always the challenge with antitrust. Delta's approval with …
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Obama Administration Tackling Slots, State IDs And Cuba
… made moves to alter certain transportation and related policies enacted by the previous regime. The U.S. Department of Transportation intends to void a Bush administration plan to auction off some take-off and landing slots at
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DOT IG: Flight Cutbacks, Not Government, Boosting Air On-Time Performance
… meantime, the government has implemented some short-term fixes to the transportation system. At the behest of President George W . Bush , DOT in 2007 embarked on a crusade against congestion, following a summer season marred by high passenger volumes and rampant …
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US Department of Transportation proposed to rescind plans for slot auctions at New York-area airports
The . Announced in October 2008 by the Bush administration , the controversial plan would have required airlines to surrender a certain number of take-off and landing slots at New York …
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LaHood Plans To Halt NYC Slot Auctions
… to halt plans to auction slots at John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark airports, reversing course from the Bush administration , which pushed for such auctions despite fierce opposition and legal challenges from airlines and airports …
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Washington Wire: DOT Expands NYC Air Auction Plans Despite Opposition
… Rights were stranded this month when Congress dropped the provisions from a broader aviation bill that was signed by President George W . Bush . Congress adjourned for the year, and while it is tentatively scheduled to hold a lame-duck session in mid-November …
