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Original publisher: Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [Congressional Sales Office], 2002. OCLC Number: (OCoLC)49787800 Subject: National security -- United States -- Finance. Excerpt: ... 11 into the 21st century. So let me deal with the resources requested using my CEO hat before turning to foreign policy. The President's request for the Department of State and related agencies for 2003 is $ 8.1 billion in our operating accounts. These dollars will allow us to continue initiatives to recruit, hire, train and deploy the right work force. It will help us to continue to up-grade and enhance our worldwide security readiness, even more important in light of our success in disrupting and damaging the al-Qaeda terrorist network. The budget request will include $ 553 million that builds on the funding provided from the emergency response fund of the in-creased hiring of security agents and for counterterrorism pro-grams. The budget will also continue to upgrade the security of our over-seas facilities. The request includes $ 1.3 billion to improve physical security, correct serious deficiencies that still exist and provide for security-driven construction of new facilities at high-risk posts around the world. It will also allow us to continue our program to provide state-of-the-art information technology to our people everywhere. And it will allow us to build an aggressive public diplomacy effort to elimi-nate support for terrorists and thus deny them safe haven. We have got to do a better job with the message we do to the world. The budget includes $ 518 million for international broad-casting, of which $ 60 million will be dedicated to the war on ter-rorism. This funding will enable the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty to continue increased media broadcasts to Afghanistan and the surrounding countries and especially throughout the Middle East. And let me say a little bit more about that. The terrorist atta
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Foreign policy overview and the President's fiscal year 2003 foreign affairs budget request: hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations
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