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Qatari-gifted Air Force One deploys inflatable slide before departing for GOP convention in Texas

An emergency inflatable slide on the Qatari-gifted Air Force One was deployed at Joint Base Andrews before President Trump departed for the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday..

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