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Obama Administration Seeks To Trim DHS Budget In FY ’14

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) yesterday sent a $39 billion discretionary budget request to Congress for FY ’14 that is 2.2 percent less than what Congress enacted in FY ’13, although the proposal includes funding for a seventh Coast Guard National Security Cutter (NSC), a program that the department attempted to halt last year after six ships. Congress rejected the department’s position on the NSC and provided funding for long-lead materials for the seventh high-endurance cutter in the continuing…

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