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WASHINGTON  Republican lawmakers took turns Thursday grilling the TSA over 
questionable decisions it made  including a $50 million contract for new 
uniforms -- around the same time it told the public it was 
facing severe budget cuts from the government sequester.Members of the House 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform took Deputy Administrator John 
Halinski to task over his agencys handling of the sequester. They said 
the TSA knew in advance of the looming cuts and should have 
planned accordingly.You hijacked the agency and turned it into the worst 
example of a bureaucratic mess, Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., chided.Committee 
members pressed Halinski over a controversial $50 million contract the TSA 
signed with VF Imagewear Inc. for new uniforms for its workers. Critics 
say the cosmetic change was not needed and a waste of taxpayer 
money. Lawmakers said they had problems with the agency shelling out so 
much money for uniforms that could be manufactured in Mexico. According 
to VF Imagewear, Inc.s annual report, the company manufactures clothing 
in Mexico, Europe, Central and South America, the Caribbean and the Middle 
East.The contract was signed on Feb. 27 and is a one-year deal 
that would outfit TSA agents with shirts, pants and other uniform-related 
accessories. Security officers get a $446 allowance for uniforms each year.In 
2010, the TSA spent $12 million on uniforms; in 2011, $10.9 million 
and in 2012, $12.8 million. According t
The following is a transcript of President Obama's remarks at an interfaith 
service in Boston to honor victims of the marathon bombing.Obama: Hello, 
Boston. Scripture tells us to run with endurance the race that is 
set before us, run with endurance the race that is set before 
us. On Monday morning, the sun rose over Boston, the sunlight glistened 
off the State House Dome. In the Common, in the Public Garden, 
spring was in bloom.On this Patriot's Day, like so many before, fans 
jumped onto the T to see the Sox at Fenway. In Hopkinton, 
runners laced up their shoes and set out on a 26.2-mile test 
of dedication and grit and the human spirit. And across this city, 
hundreds of thousands of Bostonians lined the streets to hand the runners 
cups of water and to cheer them on.It was a beautiful day 
to be in Boston, a day that explains why a poet once 
wrote that this town is not just a capital, not just a 
place. Boston, he said, is the perfect state of grace.And then, in 
an instant, the day's beauty was shattered. A celebration became a tragedy. 
And so we come together to pray and mourn and measure our 
loss, but we also come together today to reclaim that state of 
grace, to reaffirm that the spirit of this city is undaunted and 
the spirit of this country shall remain undimmed.To Governor Patrick, Mayor 
Menino, Cardinal O'Malley, and all the faith leaders who are here, Governors 
Romney, Swift, Weld, and Dukakis, members of Congress, and most of al

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