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HASC Leadership Urges President To Fully Fund Counter-Information Warfare Office

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, March 16th, 2018

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to the president on March 15 urging him to fully resource and staff the agency tasked with countering foreign disinformation campaigns, including officially allocating up to $60 million in funds.Top leadership from the House Armed Services Committee are asking the president to follow through on authorities included in both the 2018 National Security Strategy and FY '17 National Defense Authorization Act to properly enable the State Department’s Global Engagement Center’s (GEC) mission…

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