Border Agency Sees Progress, Not Problems

While GAO and the unions are saying that Customs and Border protection has some serious staffing and training issues to deal with, the agency is pushing a different message. "CBP's front-line personnel were better equipped in fiscal 2007 than any period in the nation's history," agency spokesman Michael Friel told the Washington Times. The agency has made "significant progress" this year on securing the country's borders, he added.