Obama notified of unruly passenger on flight-WHouse

KAILUA, Hawaii | Sun Dec 27, 2009 3:13pm EST

KAILUA, Hawaii Dec 27 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama was notified on Sunday about an unruly passenger on a flight to Detroit and stressed the importance of maintaining heightened security measures for air travel, the White House said.

"The president stressed the importance of maintaining heightened security measures for all air travel and gave instructions to set up another secure teleconference briefing as soon as possible," White House spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement.

(Reporting by Tabassum Zakaria, Editing by Vicki Allen)
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OGolly wrote:
SO?

What an asinine report.

Dec 27, 2009 9:46pm EST  --  Report as abuse
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NinetyRecruits wrote:
I miss Bush! At least we were safe back then!

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Dec 27, 2009 10:02pm EST  --  Report as abuse
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