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Neffenger Says Yet To Meet With Trump Transition Team: Creating Roadmap For Challenges Ahead

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 6th, 2016

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Neffenger Says Yet To Meet With Trump Transition Team: Creating Roadmap For Challenges Ahead

Peter Neffenger, former TSA Administrator during the Obama administration. Photo: TSA

Outgoing Transportation Security Administrator (TSA) Peter Neffenger said on Tuesday that he has yet to meet with members of President-elect Donald Trump’s homeland security transition team but that he’s in the process of creating a “roadmap” that will outline the challenges ahead for his successor.The roadmap will look at what the agency has accomplished the past 18 months, which is about how long Neffenger has led TSA, why certain things have been done, and what is critical going forward, he…

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