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Congress Expresses Broad Support for Funneling More Money into Intelligence

HeadlineSep 14, 2001

Hoping to prevent future attacks, House and Senate lawmakers expressed broad support yesterday for funneling more money into intelligence operations, beefing up spy networks, and creating one agency to handle “terrorism.” The nation spends an estimated $10 billion a year to fight terrorism, a sum that many lawmakers from both parties called inadequate, and that is likely to be increased this session.

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