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On the recordSeptember 9, 2004
In August 2002, the president failed to make an emergency designation for $2.5 billion for homeland security to specifically address shortcomings identified by the Rudman/ Hart Report on terrorism vulnerabilities. . . . Bush said at the time, ``I made my opposition clear. We were pretty plain- spoken. . . . We'll spend none of it.''
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the president's failure to allocate funds for homeland security.

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