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NEW: Acting Deputy TSA Administrator Adam Stahl tells me the 76 day DHS shutdown resulted in 1,300+ TSA employees leaving the agency, adding that it takes 4-6 months to train new hires, and that it has "hamstrung our preparations" for the FIFA World Cup this summer. DHS says they expect an influx of 5-7 million travelers to the US for the World Cup, which they say is the equivalent of hosting 78 Super Bowls spread throughout 11 American cities. Those travelers will be screened by CBP (which is still unfunded after being cut out of the DHS funding bill. They are currently being paid via OBBB funds). Stahl says new hires are expressing concern about government shutdowns, the shutdown delayed and the reason most TSA officers quit was because of the lack of job security. "Not knowing when the next paycheck was going t come to pay for their child's child care, to put food on the table," Stahl said. "So the lack of job security continues to be an issue for our TSA personnel, particularly when we've experienced our third shutdown now within this fiscal year." On the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) saying another DHS shutdown is "absolutely" on the table for Dems later this year? "We are worried," Stahl said. "Bennie Thompson, loudly and proudly saying they may shut DHS down again this October, so we are purely in the crosshairs."

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Trump says the US must finish the job in Iran.