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Unions Examine New Security Agency

Two of the largest unions representing federal employees scrutinize the new Department of Homeland Security. Plans call for major changes in how workers are hired, fired and promoted at the agency, which will employ about 200,000 people. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

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Pam Fessler is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk, where she covers poverty, philanthropy, and voting issues.

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