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Congress

State Department Allies Look For Clarity In Deficit Cuts

Julie Samuel

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

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Advocates of creating a combined budget for the Defense and State Departments have mixed reaction to a definition, in the new deficit-cutting law, of “security” spending that includes multiple defense-related entities. Thomas Nides, the deputy secretary of state for management and resources, said at a Washington think tank yesterday he is pleased the Budget Control Act of 2011 for the first time includes State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding in a broader definition of “security” spending.…

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