Under the plan, after a transitional period of 18 months, Mineta would make an airport-by-airport determination on whether to make the existing security screeners federal employees or to contract the work out.

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When Williams needs inspiration, spare parts or a good giggle, he knows where to find it: the badly lit recesses of a bland building not far from the Mineta San Jose International Airport.

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Mineta said he believes that Reagan National Airport just outside the nation's capital would re-open, but he did not offer any specifics.

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