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In 2007, Congress mandated that the Transportation Security Administration must screen 100 percent of all cargo carried by passenger planes by August 2010. Screening each and every piece of cargo approximately 7.6 billion pounds are transported by U.S. air carriers every day places a tremendous burden on an already struggling economy, not to mention American taxpayers. While security must be the utmost priority, there are ways to protect Americans from cargo-related terror attacks without harming the economy. With the August deadline looming and the total-screening goal far from being achieved Heritage Foundation national security analyst Jena Baker McNeill lays out a plan that boosts security and sound fiscal management. ....

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