Mickey McCarter talked about President Obama’s 2013 budget proposal to cut $36 billion from the Federal Air Marshal Service, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the rationale for the cuts, how the program operates and what the program has accomplished since being expanded following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
This program was part of C-SPAN’s “Your Money” series. Each Monday morning the last hour of “Washington Journal” is devoted to a federal program, focusing on its mission, participants, and cost.