House panel OKs new security agency
Saturday, July 20, 2002
WASHINGTON -- A divided House committee voted Friday to create the giant Homeland Security Department sought by President Bush, but not before a contentious debate that led to a one-year extension of a looming deadline for airports to begin screening airline bags for explosives.
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