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Obama says failures added up to close call

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE PRESS SERVICES

Posted: December 30, 2009 at 5:53 a.m.

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that a “mix of human and systemic failures” allowed a Nigerian student purportedly carrying an explosive to board an airplane on Christmas Day, and Obama vowed to quickly fix flaws that could have doomed a flight carrying nearly 300 passengers and crew members.

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