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Article: STRONGER INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY KEEPS AMERICA SAFER
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 28, 2006
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Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. (2nd CD), issued the following column:
The road to September 11th, as we now know, was paved with mistakes that were made years before that terrible day in 2001. Chief among these errors were the steep cuts in funding for the American intelligence community during the 1990s. This cost America dearly, because in many ways, our intelligence agencies are this country's first line of defense against attacks on our people. Stopping terrorist strikes at home and winning the War on Terror abroad demands an intelligence community that is nimble, aggressive, and properly staffed.
To protect America, earlier this week the House of Representatives passed the ...