President Obama Nominates Former Army General to Head TSA
Robert A. Harding, a retired major general of the U.S. Army was named by the President to be the next head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Harding has 33 years of experience with the Army and if confirmed will take over one of the more prominent sub-agencies of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Transportation Security Administration was created post-September 11, 2001, and assigned to the Federal Transportation Administration, but later moved to DHS when it was formed. The TSA has been very high profile because of its policies related to Secure Flight, Whole Body Scanning, and laptop searches.
