But the authority for making the proverbial trains run on time and the wherewithal for doing so should be reposed in the one organization that has demonstrated the ability to get done the job assigned it by the President: the Defense Department.
If this happens, Mr Prescott will, no doubt, claim much of the credit for making the trains run on time.
The Laidlaw report was published hours after the government announced Virgin Trains will run the service for another 23 months - until 9 November 2014.
It would take about 16 minutes for trains to run from the Secaucus station to Grand Central.
On the nearly 40 college campuses that run Elect Her, a program that trains women to run for student government, female students comprise over half of the student body but only hold about a third of the executive positions in student government.
The transport secretary had earlier announced that Virgin Trains will run the West Coast Mainline for a further 23 months.
Norfolk's logistics--involving the use of algorithms that search for the shortest routes, fastest tracks and fewest handlings--essentially got the trains to run on time.
With passengers being warned to expect disruption for the rest of the day, trains were unable to run between St Pancras station in London and Luton in Bedfordshire.
As part of the First Great Western community rail festival, passenger trains are being run on a section of the route - currently used for freight.
Virgin Trains, which was given the right to run the West Coast line for a further two years while the system is sorted out, is understood to be keen to bid for the new East Coast contract.
Passenger numbers are already growing faster than Virgin predicted and they should grow even faster by 2005 when Virgin plans to run trains every 15 minutes between London and Birmingham, taking just over an hour for the journey.
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