[Dale 1]

Correction: 170,000 employees. Did you notice the comment that the airport security requirement is needing to grow to 80 thousand. I can’t imagine that almost half of this new organization is going to be dedicated to checking luggage.

I also think that the 37B is a startup cost. Once agencies and specific activities are tagged to move to the new organization, their personnel and dollars will transition with them. It’s an easy task to figure out what the INS was to be funded next year and simply redirect the dollars and personnel authorizations to Homeland Defense. The ultimate operating budget for Homeland Defense will look very much like what DoD is currently getting. Just my opinion.

[kristinn]

Thanks. I caught the error too late.