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December 29, 2009

Top TSA and Customs Posts in Obama Admin Remain Unfilled
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The Associated Press reports the two federal agencies charged with
keeping potential terrorists off airplanes and out of the country have
been without their top leaders for nearly a year. The Obama
administration waited more than eight months to nominate anyone to lead
the Transportation Security Administration and the Customs and Border
Protection agency. The Senate has yet to set a date to hold hearings for
the Customs position. And Sen. Jim De Mint (R-SC) has placed a hold on
the President’s choice to head the TSA over the senator’s concern that
the new leader, former FBI agent Erroll Southers, would let TSA
screeners join a labor union.



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