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• TSA nominee is endorsed by committee 11/20/09 Erroll Southers is a former FBI agent.
• GAO: Defense lost track of 72,000 combat medical records 11/20/09 Missing post-deployment health questionnaires help identify issues that emerge over time.
• Troops' post-deployment questionnaires are missing 11/19/09 GAO says military does not know if service members got the opportunity to report their health problems on the forms.

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  Identity Crisis
  DHS chief Janet Napolitano treads a fine line between security and privacy in the push to get federal ID programs off the ground.
  Government Executive 9/1/09

• Lawmaker adds support to Guantanamo replacement in Illinois 11/19/09 Congressman says move could inject $1 billion into the local economy in four years and create more than 3,000 jobs.

• Air Force nominee: Tanker contest will be open 11/19/09 Pick for the service's No. 2 civilian spot says competition will be transparent.
• GAO finds extensive fraud in disabled veteran-owned small biz program 11/19/09
• Bill would allow foreign contractors to be sued in U.S. courts 11/19/09
• Army suicides to top 2008, but progress reported 11/18/09
• Pentagon: Wide probe likely after Fort Hood 11/18/09
• Senate hearing scheduled Thursday for Air Force post nominee 11/18/09
• Analysts: Defense industry will survive flatter budgets 11/18/09
• GAO: Security agency is making progress, but still falling short 11/18/09
• Panelists urge continued support for military's anti-smoking efforts 11/18/09
• Defense measure likely to carry unfinished spending bills 11/17/09
• Administration briefs two Capitol Hill panels on Fort Hood shootings 11/17/09

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