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Staff writer for the Washington Post, he runs the Tripping blog, about the experience of travel
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Fredrick Kunkle
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FROM Fredrick Kunkle
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Are Baggage Fees to Blame for the Long TSA Lines? A month after whistleblowers testified before Congress, airlines passengers are still fuming about long lines. Now, the security chief of the Transportation Security Administration, Kelly Hoggan, has been replaced. Frederick Kunkle writes the Tripping blog for the Washington Post , about the experience of travel.
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