The heads of two powerful House committees yesterday asked federal aviation officials to explain relentless security breakdowns at Newark Liberty International Airport, saying Newark's lapses suggest deeper national problems. In a letter to Edmund "Kip" Hawley, director of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, the lawmakers said they "believe the problems raised in Newark are illustrative of some significant areas of dysfunction at TSA that undermine aviation security."
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