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Off-Ramp

TSA spokesman and Afghanistan Vet Nico Melendez on celebrating the holidays abroad

By Off-Ramp Staff
Published Dec 11, 2010
Nico Melendez at LAX during the Thanksgiving travel rush
Nico Melendez at LAX during the Thanksgiving travel rush
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Brian Watt/KPCC
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TSA spokesman and Afghanistan Vet Nico Melendez on celebrating the holidays abroad
Brian Watt talks to Nico Melendez, TSA spokesperson

Nico Melendez is back on the job as a spokesperson for the Transportation Security Administration, and it feels good. That's because for 11 months, Nico was away from his wife and five kids in Kabul, where he worked with the U.S. Navy. He talked with reporter Brian Watt at LAX.

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