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Transcript: FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICES WORKFORCE:STEVE LORD
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- Congressional Testimony
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- July 23, 2009
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Congressional Testimony
07-23-2009
Statement of Steve Lord Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues
United States Government Accountability Office Committee on House Homeland
Security Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight July
23, 2009 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: I am pleased to
be here today to discuss the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS), which
has a core mission of deploying trained and armed federal air marshals
to provide an onboard security presence on selected flights operated by
U.S. commercial passenger air carriers. The agency`s cadre of air marshals
grew significantly in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001 (9/11), and ...