Homeland security chief accused of trying to protect America 'on the cheap'

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http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=6065316

Homeland security chief accused of trying to protect America 'on the cheap'

CAPITOL HILL Tough talk from the head of the House Homeland Security Committee. He's accusing the Bush administration of trying to protect America "on the cheap."
That's what Democrat Bennie Thompson told Bush's homeland security chief at a hearing today on Capitol Hill. Thompson is bluntly warning Michael Chertoff that "millions of lives are at stake."

Thompson is just one of the lawmakers complaining about proposed cuts in emergency communications and other programs.

Chertoff also got an earful from New York Republican Peter King, who's expressing his concern about delays in making an equipment upgrade. The new devices would let emergency agencies communicate with each other during disasters, which they can't do now.

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1. Peter King gave Chertoff an earfull?

I'm about to drop off my chair. Not that I think King is taking this position, but to benefit himself in some way, because that's ever the only reason ANYTHING comes out of his mouth.

But I'll take it.