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White House mulls using Defense Production Act in Spirit Airlines takeover - CBS News
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The administration explored using emergency authorities, including the Defense Production Act, as one tool to influence a contested rescue or takeover of Spirit to preserve jobs. New accounts confirm those options were considered but show that legal hurdles, commercial resistance and delayed decision‑making prevented such measures from being implemented in time to avert the carrier’s collapse.
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