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DHS Expects To Have Plan To Congress Shortly For Biometric Exit System

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hopes to have its plans to Congress within a month for how it will develop a biometric-enabled system to track the departure of foreign nationals leaving through an airport from the United States, a department official told a House panel yesterday. DHS, at the direction of Secretary Janet Napolitano last summer, and working with its other federal partners, has already begun to integrate and link various national security and law enforcement data repositories with…

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Senate Budget Dems Push For Defense Reconciliation Spending Details, Cite ‘Slush Fund’ Concerns

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