Thusburg maryland book festival. Starting at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, not the cleaver family. At 10 35, Melvin Goodman author of whistleblower of the kraimt yts author Sharon Weinberger at 12 15 p. M. Discussion her book the imagine nears of war, the untold story of darpa, the Pentagon Agency that changed the world. At 1 0015 eastern, the decisive years, 1970 stoichl 1980. At 2 15 p. M. Sidney blumenthal, the political life of Abraham Lincoln 1849 to 1856. And at 3 15, a missing naval officer in the pacific and his familys quest to bring him home. Watch our live all day coverage of the book festival starting saturday at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan 2s book tv. Next, the Inspector General for the Transportation Department gives an update on the federal aviation administrations nextgen projects to modernize and change to a satellitebased air Traffic Control system. Other topics include whether the air Traffic Control system should be partially private advertised. Congressman bill shuster cha
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Captain, the faa and nobody here is even willing to give us a target date for when the we can say we have now made the transition and moved to nextgen. Isnt that the case . For most programs for most programs in our country we at least have a tarring date and if you dont have a target date, then it does seem to me your goal should be to keep the system we have because thats the system were going to have some some time. He didnt object to that characterization, and keep it as safe as you can with what whatever slowdown, telling the public, yes, there will be slowdowns, but you have to understand that these slowdowns are to keep you safe. It is better to have that kind of candor than to have people being angry at the airport when you tell them that they cant get someplace when we were supposed to get someplace. Im not chastising the private sector. I know who is to blame here. But i am saying now that we know what the atmosphere is like, be candid with the public so the public doesnt exp