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NPR | By Michel Martin,

Steve Inskeep

Published November 4, 2024 at 3:28 AM EST

It’s the last leg of the presidential campaign and candidates are racing across swing states. Striking Boeing machinists vote on the company's latest proposal to end the seven-week strike.

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