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Article: Las Vegas Airport Meets, Looks beyond Federal Security Deadline.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- November 19, 2002
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By Chris Jones, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 19--With its new passenger screeners in place for several weeks, officials at McCarran International Airport have downplayed the local significance of today's deadline requiring all U.S. airports to employ federal security workers at each passenger checkpoint.
"We're excited about the anniversary, but we're already looking ahead to what we can do next to improve security and customer service at this airport," said Jim Blair, McCarran's federal security director.
Still, Blair said he's pleased with the progress the Transportation Security Administration has ...