Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Aid Agency Linked to Secret Program
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, responsible for providing aid during natural disasters, has spent most of its money on a secret program to enable the government to survive a nuclear attack, according to the Cox newspapers, based in Palm Beach, Fla. For every dollar FEMA spent on responding to disasters, almost $12 was spent on the secret program, which was built around a vast communications network that includes a fleet of 300 vehicles in five mobile units scattered around the country, the report said.
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