Kennedy, Santorum Call For More Spending On Defense S&T

By Adam J. Hebert / July 11, 2002 at 5:00 AM
Sens. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Rick Santorum (R-PA) this week urged Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), chairman of the Appropriations defense subcommittee, to support devoting 3 percent of the Pentagon budget to science and technology programs. The subcommittee is expected to mark up the fiscal year 2003 defense appropriations bill this month. "We are writing to express our strong support" for the Pentagon S&T program, Kennedy and Santorum write. The senators "encourage an investment of at least 3 percent of the...

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