The Associated Press reports the two federal agencies charged with keeping potential terrorists off airplanes and out of the country have been without their top leaders for nearly a year. The Obama administration waited more than eight months to nominate anyone to lead the Transportation Security Administration and the Customs and Border Protection agency. The Senate has yet to set a date to hold hearings for the Customs position. And Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has placed a hold on the President’s choice to head the TSA over the senator’s concern that the new leader, former FBI agent Erroll Southers, would let TSA screeners join a labor union.