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Article: HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY CHERTOFF SPEAKS ON BEGINNING OF 10 FINGERPRINT COLLECTION AT U.S. AIRPORTS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 10, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following speech text:
Secretary Chertoff: Thank you all for coming out. I'm joined here by Robert Jamison, who is our acting under secretary for NPPD, Ralph Basham, the commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, Bob Mocny, who is the director of US-VISIT, and Jerome Pender, who is deputy assistant director of the FBI, who took a very long trip this morning - (laughter) - to be here from West Virginia. I also want to thank Washington-Dulles International Airport for hosting today's event. And I want to commend them for their model port of entry.
What we're here talking about today is our new upgrade of biometrics, going from two prints ...