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...another strategy to circumvent the FAA, to find a way to offer my concerns about safety and security directly to the public. I had to resign, even though it meant leaving the airport-security report behind and unprotected. The dot was adrift, blown wherever the winds of a media event or crisis carried it. The Secretary offered no leadership, no knowledge or understanding, no accountability. The administrator of the FAA was a figurehead. Neither of them heeded NTSB recommendations; neither followed through on the many reports detailing safety problems at the FAA. Looking around the table at the meeting...
...Spagnuolo says he expects that protesters will attempt to convene at Invesco Field as well, though he does not know of specific plans to disrupt the event itself. But with just weeks remaining before Denver hosts the Democrats, he says the behavior of the Democratic mayor's office has called into question the party's election-year message. "They want to look like they are the party of the people," Spagnoulo says. "And they don't want the public to see these protests...
...protest at each of the conventions, with specific marches spread out over several days. The Democratic convention will be held from Aug. 25-28, while the Republican convention is scheduled for Sept. 1-4, with a major march planned for the first day of the event, Labor...
...decision to hold his convention speech in a separate football stadium, the 76,000-seat Invesco Field at Mile High, has created a new set of questions about protests on the final night in Denver. Convention organizers have not yet announced the procedures for ticketing the public for the event, though they say they hope to open the doors to at least some members of the public. "We do want to give some sort of preference to the local folks," said Natalie Wyeth, a spokeswoman for the Democratic convention. "We're working through those details...
...objectives of his travels. The main purpose that the 81-year-old Pope is flying so far to reach a country with some five million Catholics is to preside over World Youth Day in Sydney. Benedict's first trip as Pope three years ago was to attend the same event in Cologne, Germany...