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Ted Cruz: “The army had a policy of leaving ADS B turned off just as a…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 16:22

They had it turned off. Yeah. And so the American Airlines pilot couldn't see the Black Hawk helicopter and didn't know it was there until the two collided. And unfortunately, we discovered The army had a policy of leaving ADS B turned off just as a routine matter. It was indefensible. And so the ROTOR act mandates, number one, that the military follow the same rules as everybody else. (16:22–16:28)

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