Obama: Bill To End Air Traffic Control Furloughs ‘Not A Solution’

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President Obama on Tuesday criticized the deal reached by Congress to ease air traffic control furloughs imposed by budget sequestration. 

“The fact that Congress responded to the short-term problem of flight delays by giving us the option of shifting money that’s designed to repair and improve airports over the long term to fix the short-term problem, that’s not a solution,” Obama said at a White House press conference, according to a rush transcript.

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