Sunday, March 22, 2009
Federal Officials Deny Report That Obama Seeks to End Pilot Gun Program
Federal officials are denying a report that the Obama administration is seeking to end a program that allows trained airline pilots to carry guns. In an editorial published Tuesday in The Washington Times, the newspaper wrote that "President Obama is quietly ending the federal firearms program, risking public safety on airlines in the name of an anti-gun ideology." Sterling Payne, a spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration, denied the report and said the program that oversees a reported 12,000 federal flight deck officers (FFDO) is actually expanding. "It's inaccurate, this program continues to grow," Payne told FOXNews.com of the editorial. "TSA continues to recruit and put new FFDOs on planes, and we continue to train them and do recurring training." Payne said TSA officials have recently opened a training center for FFDOs in Atlantic City, N.J., with others planned to open in Texas and other states...Fox News
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Didn't this same administration say TRANSPARENCY was the code of the day? Didn't they say POST ALL BILLS ON THE INTERNET FOR 5 DAYS? Didn't they say NO EARMARKS IN MY ADMINISTRATION? Haven't they hired tax cheats to run our financial system? So what can you believe?
The Washington Times editorial on this topic has been removed.
Did Obama censor it?
You may want to read this:
http://www.debrajmsmith.com/washingtontimes.html
Debra J.M. Smith
of
www.InformingChristians.com
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