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First Responders Need Funding

Money intended to fund local Homeland Security initiatives is tied up in the congressional appropriations process. That means local governments haven't received funds to help equip emergency workers who would be first-responders to a terror attack. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

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Andrea Seabrook
Andrea Seabrook covers Capitol Hill as NPR's Congressional Correspondent.