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To: StanX Long who wrote (59999)2/5/2002 1:59:12 AM
From: StanX Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 70976
 
Many Agencies Would Share $37.7 Billion in New Funds

Security Permeates Budget

washingtonpost.com

By Eric Pianin and Bill Miller
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, February 5, 2002; Page A07

Concerns about homeland security permeate virtually every facet of proposed federal spending as the Bush administration moves to redefine the government's mission in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the fiscal 2003 budget released yesterday shows.

While police and firefighters, border security agents, bioterrorism experts and intelligence agencies understandably were among the biggest winners in the new budget -- which contains nearly $38 billion for domestic security activities -- agencies that once had only the most remote links to homeland security would be showered with funds for that purpose.