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The Bush administration is aligning itself with critics who want to end Amtrak s role as the nation s sole operator of intercity passenger trains. The last three decades have proved that Amtrak s model of a national network of passenger rail is just not sustainable without massive, continued federal support, Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Minet
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