Legislative watchdogs demanded answers Thursday about how state dollars were committedto propping up an airline and resolving a contract dispute over the construction of a new Metrorail line in the Washington suburbs.

Members of the General Assembly?s Joint Audit Committee remained frustrated by the absence of Robert Flanagan, state secretary of transportation under Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich.

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