Sitting in an office adorned with model spaceships, he argues that the proposed Texas spaceport would neither depend on federal money nor require the use of federal air space, two factors he believes will entice aerospace companies that want to minimise bureaucracy.

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In contrast to Mr Duncan Smith, his private office has been a model of efficiency.

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As he begins to explain to me in his Dallas office how he instilled a business model into what is essentially a political operation, Sessions stands up and walks to a whiteboard.

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