Obama Sends KSM to NYC, Then Cuts City's Anti-Terror Funds - Archive - Fox Nation
Politics

December 14, 2009

Obama Sends KSM to NYC, Then Cuts City's Anti-Terror Funds

New York lawmakers ripped the Obama adminstration Friday for cutting the city's counterterror funding for transportation by more than $50 million even as threat levels are expected to increase.

 

"When the administration is wrong, they're wrong," said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). The city "remains the prime target of terrorists so it makes no sense for the administration to cut this money," Schumer said.

 

Schumer and Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) said New York's share of the Transit Security Grant Program, run by the Department of Homeland Security, was slashed by $43 million for 2010 to $110.6 million from $153.3 million this year - a 28% cut.

 

Earlier, DHS chopped the Port Security Grant Program by about $11 million from $45 million to $33.8 million - a 25% reduction.

Read The Full Article

What do you think?


Comments

All Opinions Welcome

The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more...

We invite all Americans who share these values to join us here at Fox Nation.

Subscribe to the Newsletter

Unions, Religion, and Obamacare

'So unions get mountains of Obamacare waivers, but they can't budge for religious organizations? Creepy. '-@politicalmath

 

Patriot PostThe Boys Scouts of America was incorporated Feb. 8, 1910. Sir Robert Baden-Powell began the movement in England two years prior. A hero of the South African Boer Wars, Sir Baden-Powell...

Twitter Brigade

memeorandum: U.S. and Israel Split on Ways to Deter Iran (New York Times) http://t.co/0YjVCeZv http://t.co/4PFWoEbQ

memeorandum: 49-State Foreclosure Fraud Settlement Will Be Finalized Today (David Dayen / Firedoglake) http://t.co/a7neB1yI http://t.co/d0558da9

redstate: House Conservatives Support Barack Obama’s Latest Stimulus http://t.co/ROfgv4Mf #TCOT #RS

redstate: Morning Briefing for February 9, 2012 http://t.co/wXhosJEu #TCOT #RS

nytimes: Austerity Talks Hit a Wall in Greece http://t.co/r4vwL5qx