A group of House and Senate lawmakers on Thursday introduced a bill to establish a Cabinet-level Department of National Homeland Security and a White House Office of Combating Terrorism.
A top Defense Department official on Wednesday defended the Bush administration's request for a $48 billion increase in the Pentagon's fiscal 2003 budget.
Top Bush adminstration officials and members of Congress say agencies need a new arsenal of weapons to compete against the private sector for top technology talent.
