Asking border patrol agents could help policy talks go smoother

If you want to know the best way to secure the border, why not ask the people who do the securing day-to-day? That's the suggestion from Tom Kochan, a managemen...

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If you want to know the best way to secure the border, why not ask the people who do the securing day-to-day? More active involvement by regular federal employees might help make the policy and funding negotiations informed and productive, according to Tom Kochan. The management professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

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