White House Press Secretary Dana Perino Holds White House Regular News Briefing

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White House Press Secretary Dana Perino Holds White House Regular News Briefing

WHITE HOUSE REGULAR NEWS BRIEFING

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

SPEAKER: WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY DANA PERINO

[*] PERINO: Hello, everybody.

A couple of announcements for you. As you just saw, the president spoke today about efforts to improve travel for all Americans during this busy holiday season. He announced an expansion of the Thanksgiving express lanes which were utilized on the East Coast during last year's Thanksgiving season.

This year, we have expanded the use of military airspace to areas of the Midwest, Southwest, and the West Coast. In addition to that, the FAA and then the TSA, working with the airlines, will have more staff available during the holiday season in order to speed up the check-in process and boarding and to help address passenger concerns.

And in addition, new regulations that we talked about have -- a while ago have just been completed that will provide increased protections and compensation for things like lost baggage, cancellation, and other travel hassles that we all have to deal with from time to time.

In addition to that, I have two scheduling announcements for you. On Friday, December 5th, President Bush will make keynote remarks at the opening session of the Saban Forum here in Washington, which...

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