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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Transportation Security Administration withdrew his name Wednesday.
Erroll Southers said he was pulling out because his nomination had become a lightning rod for those with a political agenda. Obama had tapped Southers, a top official with the Los Angeles Airport Police Department, to lead the TSA in September, but his confirmation has been blocked by Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., who says he was worried that Southers would allow TSA employees to have collective- bargaining rights. The Associated Press
