March 9, 2010: Robert A. Harding was nominated as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Assistant Secretary and Administrator for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) yesterday, Monday, March 8, 2010, by President Obama. Harding has worked in the intelligence field for the federal government and the private sector for more than 35 years. He was previously in the U.S. Army for 33 years, and he retired as a Major General. He retired as the Army’s Deputy G2 for Intelligence in 2001. From 1996 to 2000, he was the Director for Operations at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); in 1995 and 1996, he was the Director for Intelligence for the Army’s U.S. Southern Command; and from 1969 to 1995, he held several command and staff posts around the world. Harding founded his own company, Harding Security Associates, in 2003, and he sold the company in July, 2009.
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