Cities and communities across the U.S. react to airport closure threat
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The newspaper reports and ensuing passenger worries will likely move most U.S. voters towards the center and towards the president in the current budget debate.
The day after Ray LaHood, secretary of the Department of Transportation, held a press conference at the White House, newspapers in communities across the United States told readers about what impending cuts to the Department of Transportation would mean to nearby airports.
"Spending Cuts Could Shutter Fort Smith Airport Tower," read The Times Record, in Fort Smith, AK.