Obama To Meet With Security Officials, Unveil Reforms -- FOX News/AP
The president has scheduled a meeting Tuesday afternoon with high-ranking government officials charged with carrying out two reviews he ordered after the failed Detroit jet attack.
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama was announcing new measures Tuesday to strengthen airline security after an alleged terrorist attempt to destroy a Detroit-bound U.S. airliner on Christmas Day.
Fresh off a Hawaiian vacation dominated by news of the incident, Obama scheduled a meeting Tuesday afternoon with high-ranking government officials charged with carrying out two reviews he ordered after the failed attack -- on screening for air travel and on the U.S. terror watchlist system.
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