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Bennie Thompson: “So, Mr. Fletcher, can you share with the committee what orientation TSOs are going through now so that they do feel…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2015
So, Mr. Fletcher, can you share with the committee what orientation TSOs are going through now so that they do feel empowered that, when those situations exist, they can, in effect, stop it at that point?
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson asks about training for TSOs to empower them in security decisions.

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