What nominee of President Obama wants to head the TSA, Transportation Security Administration?
Obama Adviser Says TSA Nominee Should Be Confirmed WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser says the White House’s nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration is well qualified and should be confirmed promptly. White House aide John Brennan says there’s no good reason to delay Senate confirmation of Erroll Southers to head the agency that handles airport security. Brennan says the former FBI agent has satisfied the great majority of senators about misstatements he made regarding a personal matter from two decades ago. Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, who’s blocking the nomination, says he wants assurances Southers will not advocate collective bargaining for TSA workers. Brennan spoke on ”Fox News Sunday.” DeMint spoke on CNN’s ”State of the Union.” Sources: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/03/us/politics/AP-US-TSA-
WASHINGTON (Dec. 29) — A partisan skirmish has left the nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration sitting on the sidelines for weeks. And both sides increased the volume of that debate Tuesday, as the nation continues to focus on aviation security in the wake of an attempted Christmas Day airliner bombing. Counterterrorism expert Erroll Southers was nominated in September by President Barack Obama and approved by committee last month. But Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., placed a hold on the nomination because of a dispute over whether TSA workers should have collective bargaining. “Sadly the Republican obstructionism of just one person, Senator DeMint, prevented TSA from having the leadership in place that the organization deserves,” said Jim Manley, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. But DeMint’s spokesman, Wesley Denton, said his boss is not at fault for the delay in Southers’ nomination. “Democrats have only themselves to blame for not having a con
President Barack Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser says the White House’s nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration is well qualified and should be confirmed promptly. White House aide John Brennan says there’s no good reason to delay Senate confirmation of Erroll Southers to head the agency that handles airport security. Brennan says the former FBI agent has satisfied the great majority of senators about misstatements he made regarding a personal matter from two decades ago. Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, who’s blocking the nomination, says he wants assurances Southers will not advocate collective bargaining for TSA workers. Sources: Yahoo!
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