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US to spend $500 m more to counter terror
Updated On: 07 April, 2009 12:01 PM IST | | IANS
The United States proposes to more than double its fleet of drones used extensively in operations against terrorists along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region
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The United States proposes to more than double its fleet of drones used extensively in operations against terrorists along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region as it increases funding for counter-terrorism operations by $500 million.
"To boost global partnership capacity efforts, we will increase funding by $500 million," Defence Secretary Robert Gates said announcing a 2010 Pentagon budget yesterday. "These initiatives include training and equipping foreign militaries to undertake counter terrorism and stability operations."
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