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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 2:48 pm
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Chaffetz: "How many TSA agents do we need?"

Interesting nugget buried in the testimony from the OMB Director on the budget today:

Rep Chaffetz: You have 65,000 [TSA agents]. I need to know how many more people is it gonna take?

Director Lew: I know that it's not worth buying equipment that we don't have people to operate.
(Don't hold your breath... he doesn't make any bold statement that shows he's ready to act on the implications of that... but hey, the concept is out there...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arWhyoO6os8 @ 3:25
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