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LaHood: High-speed rail 'not a pipe dream'

(Source: The Hill, July 12, 2012)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday that President Obama's proposals to more build high-speed railways in the United States is "not a pipe dream." LaHood has been attending the eighth annual World Congress on High-Speed Rail in Philadelphia.

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Friday, July 13, 2012

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