LaHood Visits The Daily Show to Talk Transportation

By Elana Schor
Dec 16, 2009

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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visited Jon Stewart on The Daily Show last night to talk about his department’s role in the stimulus debate, infrastructure modernization, and development of a U.S. high-speed rail system. Check out the video above (and let us know what you thought in the comments).

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