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A shortage of airports runways and gates along outmoded air traffic control systems have made U.S. air travel the most congested in the world.
Ray LaHood
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Ray LaHood
Age: 78
Born: 1945
Born: December 6
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Former United States Secretary Of Transportation
Politician
Teacher
Peoria
Illinois
Ray H. LaHood
Raymond H. LaHood
Raymond H. Ray LaHood
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