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Congressional Paring Of DHS S&T Budget Will Limit Focus Areas, O’Toole Says

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, November 18th, 2011

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Large cuts proposed by both the House and Senate to the research and development activities provided by the Science and Technology (S&T) branch within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will force the agency to limit its research and development activities in support of the homeland security enterprise, although the House proposals are more severe, Tara O’Toole, the chief scientist at DHS, said yesterday. O’Toole and others at DHS have previously warned that drastic cuts to S&T proposed in the…

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