"No guns and butter," Budget Director Mitch Daniels warns. (Washington Insider)."No guns and butter," Budget Director Mitch Daniels Mitchell Elias "Mitch" Daniels, Jr. (born April 7, 1949 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania) is the current Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana. A Republican, he began his four-year term as Indiana's 49th Governor on January 10, 2005. warns, as the administration urged Congress to restrain spending. Speaking March 27 at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest not-for-profit federation of businesses, representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations in the United States. As of 2003, the chamber was comprised of 3000 state and local chambers and 830 business associations. in Washington, Daniels said, "We mean business about concentrating whatever increases are required on the real task at hand," the war on terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act . President Bush sent Congress a request for $27 billion in emergency funds for the war and homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States . Daniels said any increase in that amount would have to be offset by cuts in other parts of the budget. |
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