Proponents of public-private partnerships argue that the nation's aging infrastructure needs repair broadly and modernization.

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But during the recession, the nation's aging air traffic system has enjoyed a reprieve in the form of sagging ridership.

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Reopening a fight with Congress that he lost in his first term, he called for tens of billions in spending to rebuild the nation's aging roads and bridges.

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They and other participants agreed that world conditions, U.S. national security requirements and the future condition of the Nation's aging stockpile dictate that modernization of the arsenal will be required .

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The bad news: The FAA wants to replace these taxes with a more complicated combination of user fees and taxes in order to upgrade the nation's aging air traffic control system.

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Washington (CNN) -- The aging veterans gingerly walk from the plane in the nation's capital.

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D. in psychology, becoming over the next 30 years one of the nation's leading thinkers on the social psychology of aging.

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In fact, to the contrary, such a nuclear "freeze" serves to ensure that the combined effects of aging and changing strategic circumstances go unaddressed, resulting in an inexorable reduction in capability and relevance to the nation's deterrent equirements.

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