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AAAE Asks Hill To Make TSA Pay For Terminal Mods For AIT Deployments

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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker The head of the largest advocacy group for the nation's airports is asking congressional appropriators to direct the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to pay for any costs airports may incur related to the installation of whole body imaging systems currently being deployed at aviation security checkpoints. TSA has already said it won't pay for terminal modifications or space acquisitions related to the deployment of the Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) systems, Charles "Chip" Barclay, wrote in a letter…

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Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

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