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DHS, TSA Advise Urgency In Meeting Air Cargo Screening Deadline

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Friday, January 8th, 2010

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There will be no extension to a looming deadline when all cargo must be screened for explosives before it is loaded onto passenger planes in the United States yet not nearly enough companies, particularly manufacturers and other producers, are participating in a federally managed screening program to ensure compliance with the air cargo screening mandate, government officials said on Monday. "Let me just say quite clearly the deadline for this legislation is August 2010...There are no exceptions that we can…

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