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Television news segments this week have embarrassed the Transportation Security Administration with images of airport screeners sleeping on the job or stealing iPads left by passengers in bins at metal detectors.
On Wednesday, agency officials pushed back, telling skeptical House members that, on the whole, TSA’s workforce of 56,000 does a good job and that tough disciplinary procedures against “knuckleheads” are in place.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The TSA security line, often the most dreaded part of traveling by air, that shoeless and beltless shuffle through metal detectors, all in the name of air safety.
Wednesday’s Congressional hearing focused on the security concerns posed not by travelers, but by the officers themselves.
Out of the 56,000 personnel that ensure security at about 450 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) regulated airports nationwide, from fiscal years 2010 through 2012, the annual number of misconduct cases by employees increased from 2,691 to 3,408 -- slightly more than 5 percent, according to a congressional audit report released Tuesday. Approximately 9,600 cases of employee misconduct were investigated and adjudicated.
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July 10, 2013
Hudson Sends Letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman Advocating for Protection of Carolina Textiles
TEXT OF LETTER
Ambassador Michael Froman
United States Trade Representative
Washington, DC
Dear Ambassador Froman:
HARRISBURG, N.C. — Ron Arnette fought off Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever just so he could compete in Harrisburg’s annual cow milking competition.