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The federal government should assume control of security at America's airports. The free marketplace is not well equipped to properly invest in this public need. Officials are moving on many fronts to improve both the appearance and the reality of safety in American aviation. National Guard soldiers are taking up posts at Minneapolis-St. Paul International and hundreds of other airports.