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McCaul Wants DHS To Accelerate Deployment Of New Checkpoint Screening Technology

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 30th, 2017

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Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Amid new threats to aviation, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee wants the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to move more quickly in deploying an advanced scanning system to airport checkpoints to screen carry-on bags.“I think I speak for almost every member of this committee that we need to take quicker action,” Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), said during a Nov. 30 hearing to discuss global and domestic terrorism and other threats to the U.S. “There is technology available…

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Unmanned Systems

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