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BY: News Staff | Washington, D.C. | February 4, 2013

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder sat down with Governing Publisher Erin Waters to kick off the conference and reiterated his call for greater transportation investment. "If we were a business, it would be a [no-brainer] decision," he said. (Photos by David Kidd)

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