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Joan Lowy, Associated Press, Boston Globe: Politics
Sun, 07/10/2011 - 5:30am

After Sen. James Inhofe landed his small plane on a closed runway at a rural South Texas airport last October and sent workers on the ground scrambling, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered him to take remedial piloting lessons.

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