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Trump’s Marine One again struggles to communicate with air traffic control before takeoff after similar incident this month

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By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport again had difficulty communicating by radio with President Donald Trump’s helicopter as it prepared to depart the White House on Thursday, relying on other helicopters in the air to relay messages to Ma…

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    By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport again had difficulty communicating by radio with President Donald Trump’s helicopter as it prepared to depart the White House on Thursday, relying on other helicopters in the air to relay messages to Ma…

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