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Neffenger Confirmed To Head TSA; Senate Appropriators Boost Support For Screener Training

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015

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Neffenger Confirmed To Head TSA; Senate Appropriators Boost Support For Screener Training

Coast Guard Vice Commandant Adm. Peter Neffenger. Photo: Coast Guard

The Senate Monday evening overwhelmingly voted to confirm Coast Guard Vice Commandant Adm. Peter Neffenger to be the next chief of the Transportation Security Administration while Senate appropriators last week agreed to provide more funds than requested to boost training for the agency’s screener workforce at airport checkpoints.The Senate vote for Neffenger was 81-1 with Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) casting the lone “nay,” saying afterward in a statement that “While Admiral Neffenger is an impressive man, it is naïve and dangerous…

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