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Member Carol Waller Pope, concurring:

      I agree with the majority that the Physical Security Specialists involved in this case should be excluded on the ground that they are engaged in security work that directly affects national security within the meaning of § 7112(b)(6) of the Statute. I write separately because I disagree with the majority's conclusion that these employees should be excluded because they perform the same duties as the disputed physical security specialists in Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Md., 59 FLRA 137 (2003) (Chairman Cabaniss concurring and Member Pope dissenting, in part) (SSA, Baltimore), where I dissented. 59 FLRA at 148-49. I note, at the outset, that the actual duties pe