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TSA nominee withdraws from consideration

TSA nominee withdraws from consideration

President Obama's second nominee for transportation security chief withdrew from consideration Friday because of questions over his background as an Iraq war defense contractor.

 

Obama's TSA pick withdraws after Republican roadblock

Obama's TSA pick withdraws after Republican roadblock

President Barack Obama's pick to head the Transportation Security Administration, Erroll Southers, withdrew from consideration on Wednesday amid Republican concerns that he would attempt to unionize the security force.

 

TSA nominee misled Congress

TSA nominee misled Congress

Southers, a former FBI agent, has described inconsistencies in his accounts to Congress as "inadvertent" and the result of poor memory of an incident that dates back 20 years. He said in a Nov. 20 letter to key senators obtained by The Post that he had accepted full responsibility long ago for a "grave error in judgment" in accessing confidential criminal records about his then-estranged wife's new boyfriend.

 

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