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| | TSA Deploys Federal Screeners to an Additional 36 Airports; Now in 269 |
 | | Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport (DTW), Detroit, MI John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York, NY Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, CA Newark International Airport (EWR), Newark, NJ Toledo Express Airport (TOL), Swanton, OH Briefing Room |
 | | With less than 10 months to recruit an entirely new type of federal airport security workforce, it is rewarding to report that as of Oct. 23, some 22 percent of TSA's screeners are African-American, a number twice that of the current civilian work force population. |
 | | The Aviation and Transportation Security Act mandates that TSA deploy federal passenger screeners to all commercial airports by Nov. 19, and that TSA screen all checked luggage for explosives by Dec. 31, 2002. |
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